Dust-Evacuated Zones Near Massive Stars: Consequences of Dust Dynamics on Star-forming Regions

Understand

Stars form within dense cores composed of both gas and dust within molecular clouds.

• However, despite the crucial role that dust plays in the star formation process, its dynamics is frequently overlooked, with the common assumption being a constant, spatially uniform dust-to-gas ratio and grain size spectrum.
• In this study, we introduce a set of radiation-dust-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of star forming molecular clouds from the {\small STARFORGE} project.
• These simulations expand upon the earlier radiation MHD models, which included cooling, individual star formation, and feedback.