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Binary Star Formation in Disc-Disc Encounters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S.J. Watkins ,
A.S. Bhattal ,
N. Francis  and
A.P. Whitworth
S.J. Watkins
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, Wales, U.K.
A.S. Bhattal
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, Wales, U.K.
N. Francis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, Wales, U.K.
A.P. Whitworth
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, Wales, U.K.

Abstract

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We present results of 3-D self-gravitating hydrodynamical calculations of the encounter between two protostellar discs. We find that the interaction leads to fragmentation of the discs and the formation of new stars and multiple systems.

Type
Part 15. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 826 - 827
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

References

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