Testing protostellar disk formation models with ALMA observations

2015/01/07 by D. Harsono, Daniel Harsono, E. F. van Dishoeck +7
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Basso continuo #Envelope (radar) #Magnetohydrodynamics #Observable #Protostar #Radiative transfer #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Spectral line #Young stellar object #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424550

published as A&A 577, A22 (2015) · 16 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication, A&A

arxiv created 2015/01/07 · openalex publication_date 2015/02/05 · arxiv updated 2015/04/29 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Recent simulations have explored different ways to form accretion disks around low-mass stars. However, it has been difficult to differentiate between the proposed mechanisms because of a lack of observable predictions from these numerical studies.

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