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Magnetic fields are usually considered dynamically important in star formation when the dimensionless mass-to-flux ratio is close to, or less than, unity (lambda<~1). We show that, in disk formation, the requirement is far less stringent.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Richard R. Mellon , Zhi-Yun Li

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) We here investigate, by means of fully 3-D Smoothed Particle Magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations, the effects of magnetic fields on overdense, radiatively cooling, pulsed jets, using different initial magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Adriano H. Cerqueira , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

(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

We utilize magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to develop a numerical model for GMC-GMC collisions between nearly magnetically critical clouds. The goal is to determine if, and under what circumstances, cloud collisions can cause…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 Benjamin Wu , Sven Van Loo , Jonathan C. Tan , Simon Bruderer

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

We report the first three-dimensional radiation magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) simulations of protostellar collapse with and without Ohmic dissipation.We take into account many physical processes required to study star formation processes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-20 Kengo Tomida , Kohji Tomisaka , Tomoaki Matsumoto , Yasunori Hori , Satoshi Okuzumi , Masahiro N. Machida , Kazuya Saigo

We employ the three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation including ambipolar diffusion to study the gravitationally-driven fragmentation of subcritical molecular clouds, in which the gravitational fragmentation is stabilized as long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Takahiro Kudoh , Shantanu Basu

The formation of circumstellar discs is a critical step in the formation of stars and planets. Magnetic fields can strongly affect the evolution of angular momentum during prestellar core collapse, potentially leading to the failure of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-18 Chong-Chong He , Massimo Ricotti

We have performed Smoothed Particle Magneto-Hydrodynamics (SPMHD) calculations of colliding clouds to investigate the formation of massive stellar clusters, adopting a timestep criterion to prevent large divergence errors. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 C. L. Dobbs , J. Wurster

We study the star-disc interaction in the presence of the strong magnetic field ($B_\star=6.2kG$) of a slowly rotating star. This situation describes a post-merger of the spectral type B and has not been previously investigated. We perform…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-08 A. Moranchel-Basurto , D. Korčáková , R. O. Chametla

Massive stars disproportionately influence their surroundings. How they form has only started to become clear recently through radiation gas dynamical simulations. However, until now, no simulation has simultaneously included both magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Thomas Peters , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

We study giant molecular cloud (GMC) collisions and their ability to trigger star cluster formation. We further develop our three dimensional magnetized, turbulent, colliding GMC simulations by implementing star formation sub-grid models.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-14 Benjamin Wu , Jonathan C. Tan , Duncan Christie , Fumitaka Nakamura , Sven Van Loo , David Collins

We investigate giant molecular cloud (GMCs) collisions and their ability to induce gravitational instability and thus star formation. This mechanism may be a major driver of star formation activity in galactic disks. We carry out a series…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 Benjamin Wu , Jonathan C. Tan , Fumitaka Nakamura , Sven Van Loo , Duncan Christie , David Collins

When an unmagnetized plasma comes in contact with a material surface, the difference in mobility between the electrons and the ions creates a nonneutral layer known as the Debye sheath (DS). However, in magnetic fusion devices, the open…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-01-19 David Coulette , Giovanni Manfredi

Magnetic fields are known to be dynamically important in the interstellar medium of our own Galaxy, and they are ubiquitously observed in diffuse gas in the halos of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Yet, magnetic fields have typically been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 R. Pakmor , V. Springel

The hot intracluster plasma in clusters of galaxies is weakly magnetized. Mergers between clusters produce gas compression and motions which can increase the magnetic field strength. In this work, we perform high-resolution non-radiative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-30 Bryan Brzycki , John ZuHone

The evolution of the magnetic field and angular momentum in the collapsing cloud core is studied using three-dimensional resistive MHD nested grid simulations. Starting with a Bonnor-Ebert isothermal cloud rotating in a uniform magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tomoaki Matsumoto

The angular momentum of molecular cloud cores plays a key role in the star formation process. However, the evolution of the angular momentum of molecular cloud cores formed in magnetized molecular filaments is still unclear. In this paper,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-29 Yoshiaki Misugi , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Doris Arzoumanian , Yusuke Tsukamoto

It is well-known that the cores of massive stars sustain a stellar dynamo with a complex magnetic field configuration. However, the same cannot be said for the field's strength and geometry at the convective-radiative boundary, which are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-16 Rathish P. Ratnasingam , Philipp V. F. Edelmann , Dominic M. Bowman , Tamara M. Rogers