Extreme Star Formation - Jean L. Turner<title> <meta name="description" content="paper"> <meta name="keywords" content="Star formation"> </head> <body background="../../New_Gifs/Paper12l.jpg" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="navy"> <p> <font size="-1">Contribution from <i>Astrophysics in the Next Decade: JWST and Concurrent Facilities</i>, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 2009, ed. H. A. Thronson, M. Stiavelli, and A. G. G. M. Tielens <br> <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1416" target="ads_dw">astro-ph/1009.1416</a> <p> For a PDF version of the article, click <a href="paper.pdf">here</a>. </font> <p> <center> <h1>EXTREME STAR FORMATION</h1> <h3>Jean L. Turner</h3> <br> <a href="http://home.physics.ucla.edu/" target="ads_dw">Department of Physics and Astronomy</a>, <a href="http://www.ucla.edu/" target="ads_dw">UCLA</a>, Los Angeles CA 90095-1547 USA, <a href="mailto:turner@astro.ucla.edu">turner@astro.ucla.edu</a> </center> <p> <br> <p align=justify> <b>Abstract.</b> Extreme star formation includes star formation in starbursts and regions forming super star clusters. We survey the current problems in our understanding of the star formation process in starbursts and super star clusters - initial mass functions, cluster mass functions, star formation efficiencies, and radiative feedback into molecular clouds - that are critical to our understanding of the formation and survival of large star clusters, topics that will be the drivers of the observations of the next decade. <p> <br> <p> <b>Table of Contents</b> <p> <dl> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner1.html">EXTREME STAR FORMATION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner2.html">WHAT CONSTITUTES EXTREME STAR FORMATION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE?</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner3.html">EXTREME STAR-FORMING REGIONS OF THE LOCAL UNIVERSE</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner4.html">INITIAL MASS FUNCTIONS AND THE MOST MASSIVE STARS IN SSCs</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner5.html">WHAT ARE THE INITIAL CLUSTER MASS FUNCTIONS FOR SSCs?</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner6.html">WHAT ENVIRONMENTS LEAD TO EXTREME STAR FORMATION?</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner7.html">SUPER STAR CLUSTER MORTALITY</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner8.html">RADIATIVE FEEDBACK: EFFECTS ON MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND CHEMISTRY</a> <p> <dd><img src="../../New_Gifs/ball2.gif" align=top> <a href="Turner_refs.html">REFERENCES</a> </dl>  <p> <a href="Turner1.html"><img src="../../New_Gifs/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </body> </html>