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The collapse of slowly rotating molecular cloud cores threaded by magnetic fields is investigated by high-resolution numerical simulation. Outflow formation in the collapsing cloud cores is also followed. In the models examined, the cloud…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tomoaki Matsumoto , Kohji Tomisaka

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

Dynamical collapses of magnetized molecular cloud cores are studied with magnetohydrodynamical simulations from the run-away collapse phase to the accretion phase. In the run-away collapse phase, a disk threaded by magnetic field lines is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Kohji Tomisaka

We numerically model the collapse of magnetic rotating protostellar clouds with mass of 10 $M_{sun}$. The simulations are carried out with the help of 2D MHD code Enlil. The structure of the cloud at the isothermal stage of the collapse is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-08 N. S. Kargaltseva , S. A. Khaibrakhmanov , A. E. Dudorov , S. N. Zamozdra , A. G. Zhilkin

We present self-similar solutions that describe the gravitational collapse of rotating, isothermal, magnetic molecular-cloud cores, relevant to the formation of rotationally supported protostellar disks. This work focuses on the evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Arieh Konigl

Collapse of the rotating magnetized molecular cloud core is studied with the axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations. Due to the change of the equation of state of the interstellar gas, the molecular cloud cores experience…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kohji Tomisaka

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 extend our earlier work on ambipolar diffusion induced formation of protostellar cores in isothermal sheet-like magnetic interstellar clouds, by studying nonaxisymmetric collapse for the physically interesting regime of magnetically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Shantanu Basu , Glenn E. Ciolek

We report results from twelve simulations of the collapse of a molecular cloud core to form one or more protostars, comprising three field strengths (mass-to-flux ratios, {\mu}, of 5, 10, and 20) and four field geometries (with values of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-28 Benjamin T. Lewis , Matthew R. Bate

We studied the collapse of rotating molecular cloud cores with inclined magnetic fields, based on three-dimensional numerical simulations.The numerical simulations start from a rotating Bonnor-Ebert isothermal cloud in a uniform magnetic…

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

The collapse of the magnetic rotating protostellar cloud with mass of $10\,M_{\odot}$ is numerically studied. The initial ratios of the thermal, magnetic, and rotational energies of the cloud to the modulus of its gravitational energy are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-25 Natalya S. Kargaltseva , Sergey A. Khaibrakhmanov , Alexander E. Dudorov , Andrey G. Zhilkin

We use numerical hydrodynamic simulations to investigate prestellar core formation in the dynamic environment of giant molecular clouds, focusing on planar post-shock layers produced by colliding turbulent flows. A key goal is to test how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hao Gong , Eve C. Ostriker

Improving our understanding of the earliest stages of star formation is crucial to gain insight into the origin of stellar masses, multiple systems, and protoplanetary disks. We discuss recent advances made in this area thanks to detailed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philippe Andre , Arnaud Belloche , Patrick Hennebelle , Derek Ward-Thompson

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

A fundamental issue in star formation is understanding the precise mechanisms leading to the formation of prestellar cores, and their subsequent gravitationally unstable evolution. To address this question, we carefully construct a suite of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-13 Sanghyuk Moon , Eve C. Ostriker

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

Abridged. It is important for the star formation process to understand the collapse of a prestellar dense core. We investigate the effect of the magnetic field during the first collapse up to the formation of the firstcore, focusing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Hennebelle , S. Fromang

We investigate collapse of magnetic protostellar clouds of mass $10$ and $1 M_{\odot}$. The collapse is simulated numerically using the two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code `Enlil'. The simulations show that protostellar clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-25 Sergey A. Khaibrakhmanov , Alexander E. Dudorov , Natalya S. Kargaltseva , Andrey G. Zhilkin

Improving our understanding of the initial conditions and earliest stages of star formation is crucial to gain insight into the origin of stellar masses, multiple systems, and protoplanetary disks. We review the properties of low-mass dense…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-29 Philippe André , Shantanu Basu , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We investigate numerically and semi-analytically the collapse of low-mass, rotating prestellar cores. Initially, the cores are in approximate equilibrium with low rotation (the initial ratio of thermal to gravitational energy is $\alpha_0…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Hennebelle , A. Whitworth , S. Cha , S. Goodwin
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