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The Influence of Magnetic Fields on Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. E. Byleveld  and
H. Pongracic
S. E. Byleveld
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, school of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. sueb@physics.usyd.edu.au
H. Pongracic
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, school of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. sueb@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

Numerical simulations suggest that colliding molecular clouds induce gravitational collapse and may be responsible for star formation. We incorporate magnetic fields in these simulations and present preliminary results of an investigation of the influence of magnetic fields on star formation via this process.

Keywords

MHDmolecular cloudsmethods: numericalstar formation
Type
Magnetic Fields, Disks and Jets: A Workshop organised by the ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre The ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 71 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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