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| Name: Devendra Ojha Affiliation: TIFR Conference ID: ASI2015_359 Title : Star formation on local scales and modes of triggered star formation Abstract Type : Plenary Abstract : The impact of the ionization from massive OB stars plays an important role in the evolution of molecular clouds and star-forming regions at all the scales of astrophysics. The hot ionized gas compresses the surrounding cold gas, leading to the formation of a multitude of structures like bubbles, pillars, globules and filaments in which new young stellar objects can be formed through stellar feedback mechanisms. Understanding the effect of these feedback processes has been the subject of many theoretical and observational studies. In this talk, I will present recent results from our ongoing multi-wavelength study of Galactic star-forming regions and will address the following key questions: What are the formation mechanisms of different structures ? Are the formation of the young stellar objects triggered or would have they formed anyway ? Do massive stars have an impact on the mass distribution of stars (the initial mass function, IMF), etc ? |