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We propose an extension of the semi-analytical solutions derived by Lin et al. (1965) describing the two-dimensional homologous collapse of a self-gravitating rotating cloud having uniform density and spheroidal shape, which includes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Hennebelle

We study the mechanisms and evolutionary phases of bar formation in n-body simulations of a stellar disc and dark matter halo system using harmonic basis function expansion analysis to characterize the dynamical mechanisms in bar evolution.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-21 Michael S. Petersen , Martin D. Weinberg , Neal Katz

Disc non-axisymmetrc components, such as spirals and central bars, are nowadays known to play an important role in shaping galactic discs. Here we use Tree-SPH N-body simulations to examine the effect of these perturbers on two aspects: the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Ivan Minchev , Benoit Famaey , Alice C. Quillen , Walter Dehnen

The Orion Bar is the archetypal edge-on molecular cloud surface illuminated by strong ultraviolet radiation from nearby massive stars. Owing to the close distance to Orion (about 1,350 light-year), the effects of stellar feedback on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-23 Javier R. Goicoechea , J. Pety , S. Cuadrado , J. Cernicharo , E. Chapillon , A. Fuente , M. Gerin , C. Joblin , N. Marcelino , P. Pilleri

Interplanetary evolution of eleven magnetic clouds (MCs) recorded by at least two radially aligned spacecraft is studied. The in situ magnetic field measurements are fitted to a cylindrically symmetric Gold-Hoyle force-free uniform-twist…

Using resistive magnetohydrodynamics simulation, we investigate circumstellar disk formation in a strongly magnetized cloud. As the initial state, an isolated cloud core embedded in a low-density interstellar medium with a uniform magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tomoaki Matsumoto

The formation of stars is governed by the intricate interplay of nonideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects, gravity, and turbulence. Computational challenges have hindered a comprehensive 3D exploration of this interplay, posing a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-15 Aris Tritsis

We review the properties of low mass dense molecular cloud cores, including starless, prestellar, and Class 0 protostellar cores, as derived from observations. In particular we discuss them in the context of the current debate surrounding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Ward-Thompson , P. Andre , R. Crutcher , D. Johnstone , T. Onishi , C. Wilson

This work presents three dimensional, magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of the formation and early evolution of a subgroup of planetary nebulae that exhibit a variety of point-symmetric structures. For bipolar nebulae, the formation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 G. García-Segura , J. A. López

We study the nonlinear evolution of the magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability using three-dimensional MHD simulations. We consider the idealized case of two inviscid, perfectly conducting fluids of constant density separated by a contact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James M. Stone , Thomas A. Gardiner

Sheet-like clouds are common in turbulent gas and perhaps form via collisions between turbulent gas flows. Having examined the evolution of an isothermal shocked slab in an earlier contribution, in this work we follow the evolution of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 S. Anathpindika

We study effect of magnetic field on massive dense core formation in colliding unequal molecular clouds by performing magnetohydrodynamic simulations with sub-parsec resolution (0.015 pc) that can resolve the molecular cores. Initial clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-23 Nirmit Sakre , Asao Habe , Alex R. Pettitt , Takashi Okamoto

Context: Filaments are common features in molecular clouds and they play a key role in star formation (SF). Studying their life cycle is essential to fully understand the SF process. Aims: We aim to characterise the impact of magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-07 Paolo Suin , Doris Arzoumanian , Annie Zavagno , Patrick Hennebelle

Jet driving and fragmentation process in collapsing primordial cloud are studied using three-dimensional MHD nested grid simulations. Starting from a rotating magnetized spherical cloud with the number density of n=10^3 cm^-3, we follow the…

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

We have performed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the collapse and fragmentation of molecular cloud cores using a new algorithm for MHD within the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method, that enforces the zero magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel J. Price , Matthew R. Bate

We have performed two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the collapse of isolated axisymmetric clouds condensing via radiative cooling in a primordial background gas. In order to study the development of the so-called…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chang Hyun Baek , Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

Non-centrosymmetric magnetic materials are a promising platform for stabilizing chiral spin textures, such as skyrmions and cycloidal magnetic states. This is particularly true in epitaxial thin film geometries, where strain and interface…

We report an experimental study on the transition between a disordered liquid-like state and a ordered solid-like one, in a collection of magnetically interacting macroscopic grains. A monolayer of magnetized particles is vibrated…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 Loreto Oyarte , Pablo Gutiérrez , Sébastien Aumaître , Nicolás Mujica

The dynamical instability of a self-gravitating magnetized filamentary cloud was investigated while taking account of rotation around its axis. The filamentary cloud of our model is supported against self-gravity in part by both a magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomoaki Matsumoto , Fumitaka Nakamura , Tomoyuki Hanawa

Dynamical collapse and fragmentation of low-metallicity cloud cores is studied using three-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations, with particular attention devoted whether the cores fragment in the dust-cooling phase or not. The cores…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Tsuribe , K. Omukai
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