报告题目：The Tai Chi in Star Fromation

报 告 人：Prof. Hua-Bai Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

报告时间：2018-05-10 16:00

报告地点：理科楼郑裕彤讲堂

报告摘要：Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art developed based on the laws of nature, emphasises how 'to conquer the unyielding with the yielding'. The recent observation of star formation shows that gravity, turbulence and magnetic fields may all play a role in star formation. Their detailed interaction, however, is always a topic of controversy due to the difficulties in both observations and simulations, especially when magnetic fields are involved. Is cloud turbulence super- or sub-Alfvenic? Is molecular cloud mass magnetically super- or sub-critical? I will review our recent quest of the answers of these central questions in star formation. And how Tai Chi may give us some inspiration.