Collapse,equilibrium, and fragmentation of rotating,adiabatic clouds |
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Authors: | A P Boss |
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Institution: | (1) NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, 94035, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Numerical calculations of the collapse of adiabatic clouds from uniform density and rotation initial conditions show that when restricted to axisymmetry, the clouds form either near-equilibrium spheroids or rings. Rings form in the collapse of low thermal energy clouds and have = T/ ¦W¦ 0.43. When the axisymmetric constraint is removed and an initial m=2 density variation is introduced, clouds either collapse to form near-equilibrium ellipsoids or else fragment into binary systems through a bar phase. Ellipsoids form in the collapse of high thermal energy clouds and have 3 0.27. The results are consistent with the critical values of for instabilities in Maclaurin spheroids, and suggest that protostellar clouds may undergo a dynamic fragmentation in the nonisothermal collapse regime.National Academy of Sciences — National Research Council Resident Research Associate. |
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