From Magnetized Cores to Protoplanetary Disks
Abstract
We highlight several recent theoretical results that show how magnetic fields, with the magnitudes currently observed in molecular clouds, affect the structure and evolution of dense cores and protoplanetary disks to form stars and planets.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010HiA....15..440L
- Keywords:
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- magnetic fields;
- stars: formation;
- accretion: accretion disks