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Filament Fragmentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Shu-ichiro Inutsuka  and
Toru Tsuribe
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
Affiliation:
Division of Theoretical Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo 181–8588, Japan
Toru Tsuribe
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kyoto University Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606–8502, Japan

Abstract

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The formation and evolution processes of magnetized filamentary molecular clouds are investigated in detail by linear stability analyses and non-linear numerical calculations. A one-dimensionally compressed self-gravitating sheet-like cloud breaks up into filamentary clouds. The directions of the longitudinal axes of the resulting filaments are perpendicular to the directions of magnetic field lines unless the column density of the sheet is very small. These magnetized filaments tend to collapse radially without characteristic density, length, and mass scale for the further fragmentation during the isothermal phase. The characteristic minimum mass for the final fragmentation is obtained by the investigation of thermal processes. The essential points of the above processes are analytically explained in terms of the basic physics. A theory for the expected mass function of dense molecular cloud cores is obtained. The expected mean surface density of companions of dense cores is also discussed.

Type
IX. Theoretical Context - Detailed Calculations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 200: The Formation of Binary Stars , 2001 , pp. 391 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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