The impact of GMC collisions on the star formation rate
  We simulate the collision of two Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) using the
movingmesh magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) code AREPO. We perform a small
parameterspace study on how GMC collisions affect the star formation rate
(SFR). The pa-rameters we consider are relative velocity, magnetic field
inclination and simulationresolution. From the collsional velocity study we
find that a faster collision causes starformation to trigger earlier, however,
the overall trend in star formation rate integratethrough time is similar for
all. This contradicts the claim that the SFR significantlyincreases as a result
of a cloud collision. From varying the magnetic field inclinationwe conclude
that the onset of star formation occurs sooner if the magnetic field isparallel
to the collisional axis. Resolution tests suggests that higher resolution
delaysthe onset of star formation due to the small scale turbulence being more
resolved.
