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The formation and evolution of a circumstellar disk in magnetized cloud cores is investigated from prestellar core stage until sim 10^4 yr after protostar formation. In the circumstellar disk, fragmentation first occurs due to gravitational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tomoaki Matsumoto

The formation and early evolution of protoplanetary disks are governed by a wide variety of physical processes during a gravitational collapse. Observations have begun probing disks in their earliest stages, and have favored the…

The surroundings of massive protostars constitute an accretion disc which has numerically been shown to be subject to fragmentation and responsible for luminous accretion-driven outbursts. Moreover, it is suspected to produce close binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 D. M. -A. Meyer , R. Kuiper , W. Kley , K. G. Johnston , E. Vorobyov

We developed a one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code to investigate the long-term evolution of protoplanetary disks with low computational cost. In this simulation code, the physical processes necessary for protostellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 Yudai Kobayashi , Daisuke Takaishi , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Shantanu Basu

Most protoplanetary discs are thought to undergo violent and frequent accretion outbursts, during which the accretion rate and central luminosity are elevated for several decades. This temporarily increases the disc temperature, leading to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-27 Adrien Houge , Sebastiaan Krijt

Star forming molecular clouds are observed to be both highly magnetized and turbulent. Consequently the formation of protostellar disks is largely dependent on the complex interaction between gravity, magnetic fields, and turbulence.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-17 William J. Gray , Christopher F. McKee , Richard I. Klein

The statistical properties of circumstellar disks around young stars are important for constraining theoretical models for the formation and early evolution of planetary systems. In this brief review, I survey the literature related to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eric E. Mamajek

Planet-forming disks are fundamental objects thought to be inherited from large scale rotation, through the conservation of angular momentum during the collapse of a prestellar dense core. We investigate the possibility for a protostellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Antoine Verliat , Patrick Hennebelle , Anaëlle J. Maury , Mathilde Gaudel

We perform a three-dimensional nonideal magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a strongly magnetized cloud core and investigate the complex structure caused by the interchange instability. This is the first simulation that does not use a central…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-16 Masahiro N. Machida , Shantanu Basu

The formation of planets depends on the underlying protoplanetary disc structure, which influences both the accretion and migration rates of embedded planets. The disc itself evolves on time-scales of several Myr during which both…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 Bertram Bitsch , Michiel Lambrechts , Anders Johansen

We report the results of our three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulation of collapsing unmagnetized molecular cloud cores. We investigate the formation and evolution of the circumstellar disk and the clumps formed by disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yusuke Tsukamoto , Masahiro N. Machida , Shuichiro Inutsuka

We present basic properties of protostellar disks in the embedded phase of star formation (EPSF), which is difficult to probe observationally using available observational facilities. We use numerical hydrodynamics simulations of cloud core…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Eduard I. Vorobyov

Cosmic metallicity evolution possibly creates the diversity of star formation modes at different epochs. Gravitational fragmentation of circumstellar discs provides an important formation channel of multiple star systems, including close…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-17 Ryoki Matsukoba , Kei E. I. Tanaka , Kazuyuki Omukai , Eduard I. Vorobyov , Takashi Hosokawa

Whether the angular momentum of protoplanetary discs is redistributed by viscosity or extracted by magnetised winds is a long-standing question. Demographic indicators, such as gas disc sizes and stellar accretion rates, have been proposed…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Simin Tong , Richard Alexander , Giovanni Rosotti

We study the formation of the protoplanetary disk by the collapse of a primordial molecular cloud, and how its evolution leads to the selection of specific types of planets. We use a hydrodynamical code that accounts for the dynamics,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Kevin Baillié , Joao Marques , Laurent Piau

Protoplanetary disks are quasi-steady structures whose evolution and dispersal determine the environment for planet formation. I review the theory of protoplanetary disk evolution and its connection to observations. Substantial progress has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-25 Philip J. Armitage

Stars with circumstellar disks may form in environments with high stellar and gas densities which affects the disks through processes like truncation from dynamical encounters, ram pressure stripping, and external photoevaporation.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-20 Francisca Concha-Ramírez , Eero Vaher , Simon Portegies Zwart

We study the structure and dynamics of the gap created by a protoplanet in an accretion disc. The hydrodynamic equations for a flat, two-dimensional, non-selfgravitating protostellar accretion disc with an embedded, Jupiter sized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-01 Willy Kley

Stellar flybys are a common dynamical process in young stellar clusters and can significantly reshape protoplanetary discs. However, their impact on dust dynamics remains poorly understood, particularly in the weakly coupled regime…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Wei-Shan Su , Jeremy L. Smallwood , Min-Kai Lin , Chao-Chin Yang , Nicolás Cuello

Our current understanding has crystallised around two possible evolution scenarios for protoplanetary discs (turbulent viscosity and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wind-driven) - but which dominates remains uncertain. Our aims are twofold:…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-05 Jesse Weder , Andrew J. Winter , Christoph Mordasini