Massive star formation by accretion

2017/03/13 by L. Haemmerlé, Lionel Haemmerlé, Patrick Eggenberger +8 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Angular momentum #Angular momentum coupling #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Classical mechanics #Physics #Specific relative angular momentum #Star formation #Stars #Stellar evolution #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Total angular momentum quantum number #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201630149

published as A&A 602, A17 (2017)

openalex publication_date 2017/03/13 · arxiv created 2017/03/24 · arxiv updated 2017/05/24 · openalex created_date 2022/08/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Rotation plays a key role in the star-formation process, from pre-stellar cores to pre-main-sequence (PMS) objects. Understanding the formation of massive stars requires taking into account the accretion of angular momentum during their PMS phase.

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