The role of magnetic fields in setting the star formation rate and the initial mass function

MR Krumholz, C Federrath - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Star-forming gas clouds are strongly magnetized, and their ionization fractions are high
enough to place them close to the regime of ideal magnetohydrodyamics on all but the …

Zooming in on individual star formation: low-and high-mass stars

AL Rosen, SSR Offner, SI Sadavoy, A Bhandare… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Star formation is a multi-scale, multi-physics problem ranging from the size scale of
molecular clouds (∼ 10 ∼10 s pc) down to the size scales of dense prestellar cores (∼ 0.1 …

On the diversity and statistical properties of protostellar discs

MR Bate - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present results from the first population synthesis study of protostellar discs. We analyse
the evolution and properties of a large sample of protostellar discs formed in a radiation …

The role of magnetic fields in the formation of protostars, disks, and outflows

Y Tsukamoto, A Maury, B Commerçon, FO Alves… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We present our current understanding of the formation and early evolution of protostars,
protoplanetary disks, and the driving of outflows as dictated by the interplay of magnetic …

Ambipolar diffusion in low-mass star formation-I. General comparison with the ideal magnetohydrodynamic case

J Masson, G Chabrier, P Hennebelle, N Vaytet… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Angular momentum transport and the formation of rotationally supported structures are
major issues in our understanding of protostellar core formation. Whereas purely …

Modeling the secular evolution of embedded protoplanetary disks

J Mauxion, G Lesur, S Maret - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Protoplanetary disks are known to form around nascent stars from their parent
molecular cloud as a result of angular momentum conservation. As they progressively …

Can non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics solve the magnetic braking catastrophe?

J Wurster, DJ Price, MR Bate - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We investigate whether or not the low ionization fractions in molecular cloud cores can solve
the 'magnetic braking catastrophe', where magnetic fields prevent the formation of …

Zoom-in simulations of protoplanetary disks starting from GMC scales

M Kuffmeier, T Haugbølle… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the formation of protoplanetary disks around nine solar-mass stars formed in
the context of a (40 pc) 3 Giant Molecular Cloud model, using ramses adaptive mesh …

Protostellar disc formation enabled by removal of small dust grains

B Zhao, P Caselli, ZY Li, R Krasnopolsky… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It has been shown that a realistic level of magnetization of dense molecular cloud cores can
suppress the formation of a rotationally supported disc (RSD) through catastrophic magnetic …

Bimodality of circumstellar disk evolution induced by the Hall current

Y Tsukamoto, K Iwasaki, S Okuzumi… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The formation process of circumstellar disks is still controversial because of the interplay of
complex physical processes that occurs during the gravitational collapse of prestellar cores …