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The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Formation of Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias
Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Departments of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

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We review the role of the interstellar magnetic field: (i) in the formation of interstellar clouds; (ii) in determining critical states for gravitational collapse; (iii) in affecting the collapse and fragmentation of interstellar clouds; and (iv) in resolving the “angular momentum problem” during star formation. Finally, we review the manner in which the field decouples from the matter via ambipolar diffusion; new time-dependent solutions are discussed.

Type
Session 1: Star Formation in Rotating and Magnetic Gas Clouds
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 93: Fundamental Problems in the Theory of Stellar Evolution , 1981 , pp. 27 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981 

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