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We numerically model evolution of magnetic fields inside a neutron star under the influence of ambipolar diffusion in the weak-coupling mode in the one-fluid MHD approximation. Our simulations are three-dimensional and performed in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-09 Andrei P. Igoshev , Rainer Hollerbach

It is well known that non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic effects are important in the dynamics of molecular clouds: both ambipolar diffusion and possibly the Hall effect have been identified as significant. We present the results of a suite of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 T. P. Downes , S. O'Sullivan

Magnetic flux redistribution lies at the heart of the problem of star formation in dense cores of molecular clouds that are magnetized to a realistic level. If all of the magnetic flux of a typical core were to be dragged into the central…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Zhi-Yun Li , Hsien Shang , Bo Zhao

We present results from two-dimensional numerical simulations of a supersonic turbulent flow in the plane of the galactic disk, incorporating shear, thresholded and discrete star formation (SF), self-gravity, rotation and magnetic fields. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 T. Passot , E. Vazquez-Semadeni , A. Pouquet

We investigate the core mass distribution (CMD) resulting from numerical models of turbulent fragmentation of molecular clouds. In particular we study its dependence on the sonic root-mean-square Mach number $\Ms$. We analyze simulations…

We discuss evolution of the magnetic flux density and angular velocity in a molecular cloud core, on the basis of three-dimensional numerical simulations, in which a rotating magnetized cloud fragments and collapses to form a very dense…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masahiro N Machida , Tomoaki Matsumoto , Kohji Tomisaka , Tomoyuki Hanawa

We investigate the physical properties of dense cores formed in turbulent, magnetized, parsec-scale clumps of molecular clouds, using three-dimensional numerical simulations that include protostellar outflow feedback. The dense cores are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li

Super-sonic turbulence fragments molecular clouds (MC) into a very complex density field with density contrasts of several orders of magnitude. A fraction of the gas is locked into dense and gravitationally bound cores, which collapse as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paolo Padoan , AAke Nordlund , Ornolfur Einar Rognvaldsson , Alyssa Goodman

We investigate the formation of circumstellar disks and outflows subsequent to the collapse of molecular cloud cores with the magnetic field and turbulence. Numerical simulations are performed by using an adaptive mesh refinement to follow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Tomoaki Matsumoto , Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We discuss the lifetimes and evolution of clumps and cores formed as turbulent density fluctuations in nearly isothermal molecular clouds. In the non-magnetic case, clumps are unlikely to reach a hydrostatic state, and instead are expected…

Observed protostellar outflows exhibit a variety of asymmetrical features, including remarkable unipolar outflows and bending outflows. Revealing the formation and early evolution of such asymmetrical protostellar outflows, especially the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-08 Daisuke Takaishi , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Miyu Kido , Shigehisa Takakuwa , Yoshiaki Misugi , Yuki Kudoh , Yasushi Suto

We present the results of eighteen magnetohydrodynamical calculations of the collapse of a molecular cloud core to form a protostar. Some calculations include radiative transfer in the flux-limited diffusion approximation while others…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 Benjamin T. Lewis , Matthew R. Bate

Linear analysis of the formation of protostellar cores in planar magnetic interstellar clouds shows that molecular clouds exhibit a preferred length scale for collapse that depends on the mass-to-flux ratio and neutral-ion collision time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Nicole D. Bailey , Shantanu Basu

We have performed smoothed particle radiation magnetohydrodynamics (SPRMHD) simulations of the collapse of rotating, magnetised molecular cloud cores to form protostars. The calculations follow the formation and evolution of the first…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Matthew R. Bate , Terrence S. Tricco , Daniel J. Price

We investigate prestellar core formation and accretion based on three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. Our simulations represent local $\sim 1$pc regions within giant molecular clouds where a supersonic turbulent flow converges,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Munan Gong , Eve C. Ostriker

Formation of interstellar clouds as a consequence of thermal instability is studied using two-dimensional two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic simulations. We consider the situation of converging, supersonic flows of warm neutral medium in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

(Abridged) We present a series of decaying turbulence simulations that represent a cluster-forming clump within a molecular cloud, investigating the role of magnetic fields on the formation of potential star-forming cores. We present an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-07 David A. Tilley , Ralph E. Pudritz

For a molecular cloud clump to form stars some transport of magnetic flux is required from the denser, inner regions to the outer regions of the cloud, otherwise this can prevent the collapse. Fast magnetic reconnection which takes place in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. R. M. Leão , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , R. Santos-Lima , A. Lazarian

We investigate the formation and evolution of a first core, protostar, and circumstellar disc with a three-dimensional non-ideal (including both Ohmic and ambipolar diffusion) radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulation. We found that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Yusuke Tsukamoto , Kazunari Iwasaki , Satoshi Okuzumi , Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Magnetic diffusion plays a vital role in star formation. We trace its influence from interstellar cloud scales down to star-disk scales. On both scales, we find that magnetic diffusion can be significantly enhanced by the buildup of strong…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-19 Shantanu Basu , Wolf B. Dapp