Collapse and fragmentation of rotating magnetized clouds — I. Magnetic flux-spin relation
Collapse and fragmentation of rotating magnetized clouds — I. Magnetic flux-spin relation
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09297.x
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发表时间:
2005-06
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
M. Machida;Tomoaki Matsumoto;K. Tomisaka;T. Hanawa
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作者:
M. Machida;Tomoaki Matsumoto;K. Tomisaka;T. Hanawa
We discuss evolution of the magnetic flux density and angular velocity in a molecular cloud core, on the basis of three-dimensional numerical simulations, in which a rotating magnetized cloud fragments and collapses to form a very dense optically thick core of > 5 × 10 10 cm 3 . As the density increases towards the formation of the optically thick core, the magnetic flux density and angular velocity converge towa rds a single relationship between the two quantities. If the core is magnetically dominated it s magnetic flux density approaches 1.5(n/5 × 10 10 cm 3 ) 1/2 mG, while if the core is rotationally dominated the angular velocity approaches 2.57 × 10 3 (n/5 × 10 10 cm 3 ) 1/2 yr 1 , where n is the density of the gas. We also find that the ratio of the angular velocity to the magne tic flux density remains nearly constant until the density exceeds 5 × 10 10 cm 3 . Fragmentation of the very dense core and emergence of outflows from fragments are shown in the subsequ ent paper.