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Theory of Protostellar Disk Formation

Part of: IAU Issue 315 - From Interstellar Clouds...

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2016

Zhi-Yun Li ,
Ruben Krasnopolsky  and
Hsien Shang
Zhi-Yun Li
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Virginia email: zl4h@virginia.edu
Ruben Krasnopolsky
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Theoretical Institute for Advanced Research in Astrophysics, Taiwan
Hsien Shang
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Theoretical Institute for Advanced Research in Astrophysics, Taiwan
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How large, 100-AU scale, rotationally supported disks form around protostars remains unsettled, both observationally and theoretically. In this contribution, we discuss the theoretical difficulties with disk formation in the presence of a dynamically significant magnetic field and their possible resolutions. These difficulties are caused by the concentration of magnetic field lines close to the forming star by protostellar collapse, and the strong magnetic braking associated with the concentrated field. Possible resolutions include magnetic field-rotation axis misalignment, non-ideal MHD effects, and turbulence. The field-rotation misalignment has been shown to promote disk formation, especially when the field is relatively weak and the misalignment angle is relatively large. Non-ideal MHD effects can enable the formation of small disks at early times. How such disks grow at later times remains to be fully quantified. Turbulence has been found to enable disk formation in a number of simulations, but the exact reason for its beneficial effect is debated.

Keywords

stars: formationaccretion diskmagnetic fieldturbulence
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S315: From Interstellar Clouds to Star-Forming Galaxies: Universal Processes? , August 2015 , pp. 118 - 125
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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