Early Disk Evolution
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A variety of processes play a role in the evolution of protostellar disks. Here I focus on the uncertain issue of magnetic field-disk coupling and its implications for magnetically-driven turbulence and disk-driven winds. At present it is clear that the magnetic field plays a crucial role in disk evolution, but detailed conclusions cannot be drawn because the complicated interplay between dynamics and the evolution of the grain population remains to be explored.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0312220,
title = {Early Disk Evolution},
author = {Mark Wardle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0312220},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, LaTeX, newpasp.sty. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp 221, Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, eds. M. G. Burton, R. Jayawardhana & T. L. Bourke (ASP)