Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-8ctnn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T16:21:01.616Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Fragmentation of Collapsing Gas Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S-A. Sørensen
Affiliation:
University College London, London, U.K.
S. Narita
Affiliation:
University College London, London, U.K.
D. McNally
Affiliation:
University College London, London, U.K.

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

In simulations of the collapse of gas clouds it is usual to start from a uniform sphere the evolution of which is determined by the two energy ratios = Thermal/Gravitational and = Rotational/Gravitational. In numerical calculations the two parameters are unfortunately supplemented by a number of unknown factors related to the exact numerical treatment of the collapse. It is therefore crucial to compare the results of several different methods before any judgement is made concerning the correct evolutionary track of the cloud.

Type
Session 2: Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution and Formation of Binary Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981