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MHD numerical simulation of clouds and jets in star-forming regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

TAKAHIRO KUDOH
Affiliation:
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
SHANTANU BASU
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada
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Abstract

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We review our recent numerical simulations of star formation. First, we show a simulation of magnetic turbulence in a plate-shaped self-gravitating stratified cloud. We find that the cloud is lifted up by the pressure of magnetic turbulence and reaches a steady-state characterized by oscillations about a new time-averaged equilibrium state. Next, we present a numerical simulation of gravitational fragmentation of the plate-shaped magnetized cloud. For strong magnetic field cases, we confirm that the gravitational instability develops gradually on a time scale characteristic of ambipolar diffusion. Finally, a numerical simulation of jet formation is shown. The important factors of jet formation are the magnetic field and rotation of a disk around a star.

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2006 Cambridge University Press