Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars – I. Theory versus simulation
Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars – I. Theory versus simulation
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第一批恒星形成过程中的磁场 – I. 理论与模拟
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2020
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P. Li
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C. McKee;A. Stacy;P. Li
While magnetic fields are important in contemporary star formation, their role in primordial star formation is unknown. Magnetic fields of order 10^-16 G are produced by the Biermann battery due to the curved shocks and turbulence associated with the infall of gas into the dark matter minihalos that are the sites of formation of the first stars. These fields are rapidly amplified by a small-scale dynamo until they saturate at or near equipartition with the turbulence in the central region of the gas. Analytic results are given for the outcome of the dynamo, including the effect of compression in the collapsing gas. The mass-to-flux ratio in this gas is 2-3 times the critical value, comparable to that in contemporary star formation. Predictions of the outcomes of simulations using smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and grid-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) are given. Because the numerical viscosity and resistivity for the standard resolution of 64 cells per Jeans length are several orders of magnitude greater than the physical values, dynamically significant magnetic fields affect a much smaller fraction of the mass in simulations than in reality. An appendix gives an analytic treatment of free-fall collapse, including that in a constant density background. Another appendix presents a new method of estimating the numerical viscosity; results are given for both SPH and grid-based codes.
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DOI:
10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/l134
发表时间:
2010
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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作者:
Sharanya Sur;Dominik R. G. Schleicher;Robi Banerjee;Christoph Federrath;Ralf S. Klessen
通讯作者:
Ralf S. Klessen
DOI:
10.3847/1538-4357/aafbe8
发表时间:
2019-01
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
Siyao Xu;S. Garain;D. Balsara;A. Lazarian
通讯作者:
Siyao Xu;S. Garain;D. Balsara;A. Lazarian
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6.5
作者:
Schleicher;D. R. G;Banerjee;Arshakian
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Arshakian
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/731/1/62
发表时间:
2011
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
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作者:
Christoph Federrath;Sharanya Sur;Dominik R. G Schleicher;Robi Banerjee;Ralf S. Klessen
通讯作者:
Ralf S. Klessen