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A new type of wind - a conical wind - has been discovered in axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the disk-magnetosphere interaction in cases where the magnetic field of the star is bunched into an X-type configuration. Such a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-28 M. M. Romanova , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba , R. V. E. Lovelace

In a previous paper we formulated the problem of the formation and evolution of fragments (or cores) in magnetically-supported, self-gravitating molecular clouds in axisymmetric geometry, accounting for the effects of ambipolar diffusion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. W. Kunz , T. Ch. Mouschovias

Stars form in dense cores of magnetized molecular clouds. If the magnetic flux threading the cores is dragged into the stars, the stellar field would be orders of magnitude stronger than observed. This well-known "magnetic flux problem"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Bo Zhao , Zhi-Yun Li , Fumitaka Nakamura , Ruben Krasnopolsky , Hsien Shang

During the last two decades, the focus of star formation research has shifted from understanding the collapse of a single dense core into a star to studying the formation hundreds to thousands of stars in molecular clouds. In this chapter,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-04 S. T. Megeath , Zhi-Yun Li , Aake Nordlund

We present the results of a numerical simulation in which star formation proceeds from an initially unbound molecular cloud core. The turbulent motions, which dominate the dynamics, dissipate in shocks leaving a quiescent region which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paul C. Clark , Ian A. Bonnell

The aim of this work is to investigate rotation profile of solar-like stars with magnetic fields. A diffusion coefficient of magnetic angular momentum transport is deduced. Rotating stellar models with different mass are computed under the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-23 Wuming Yang , Shaolan Bi

Magnetic fields play an important role in star formation by regulating the removal of angular momentum from collapsing molecular cloud cores. Hall diffusion is known to be important to the magnetic field behaviour at many of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-12 Catherine Braiding

Recent observations have suggested that circumstellar disks may commonly form around young stellar objects. Although the formation of circumstellar disks can be a natural result of the conservation of angular momentum in the parent cloud,…

The growing process of both a young protostar and a circumstellar disk is investigated. Viscous evolution of a disk around a single star is considered with a model where a disk increases its mass by dynamically accreting envelope and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Takuya Ohtani , Toru Tsuribe

Observations of molecular structures on scales of $\sim 0.1-50$ pc show that the specific angular momentum ($j$) scales with radius ($R$) as $j\sim R^{3/2}$. We study the effects of turbulence, gravity, and the magnetic field in shaping…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Griselda Arroyo-Chavez , Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni , James Wurster

We formulate the problem of the late accretion phase of the evolution of an isothermal magnetic disk surrounding a forming star. The evolution is described by the six-fluid MHD equations, accounting for the presence of neutrals, atomic and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Konstantinos Tassis , Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias

Angular momentum transport is a fundamental process shaping the structure, evolution, and lifespans of stars and disks across a wide range of astrophysical systems. Be stars offer a valuable environment for studying viscous transport of…

Rotation plays a key role in the star-formation process, from pre-stellar cores to pre-main-sequence (PMS) objects. Understanding the formation of massive stars requires taking into account the accretion of angular momentum during their PMS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 Lionel Haemmerlé , Patrick Eggenberger , Georges Meynet , André Maeder , Corinne Charbonnel , Ralf S. Klessen

Although protostars and disks are often studied separately owing to numerical and observational challenges, breakthroughs in recent years have highlighted the need to study both objects in concert. The role of magnetic fields in this regard…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Adnan Ali Ahmad , Matthias González , Patrick Hennebelle , Ugo Lebreuilly , Benoît Commerçon

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Akimasa Kataoka , Masahiro N. Machida , Kohji Tomisaka

Magnetic braking can drive angular momentum loss in star formation and influence disk evolution. A previous study of HH 111 VLA1 suggested a decrease in rotation velocity in a region between the infalling envelope and rotating disk. Using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-09 Jyun-Heng Lin , Chin-Fei Lee , Zhi-Yun Li , Yueh-Ning Lee , Ya-Lin Wu , J. A. López-Vázquez

The formation of compact objects like stars and black holes is strongly constrained by the requirement that nearly all of the initial angular momentum of the diffuse material from which they form must be removed or redistributed during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-06 Richard B. Larson

Momentum deposition by radiation pressure from young, massive stars may help to destroy molecular clouds and unbind stellar clusters by driving large-scale outflows. We extend our previous numerical radiation hydrodynamic study of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Sudhir Raskutti , Eve C. Ostriker , M. Aaron Skinner

We review progress in numerical simulations of star cluster formation. These simulations involve the bottom-up assembly of clusters through hierarchical mergers, which produces a fractal stellar distribution at young (~0.5 Myr) ages. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Cathie Clarke

The propeller regime of disk accretion to a rapidly rotating magnetized star is investigated here for the first time by axisymmetric 2.5D magnetohydrodynamic simulations. An expanded, closed magnetosphere forms in which the magnetic field…