Formation and collapse of nonaxisymmetric protostellar cores in planar magnetic molecular clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 607, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Basu, Shantanu ^a   Ciolek, Glenn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; ISM: clouds; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; ISM: magnetic fields; MHD; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042590000     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421464     Document Type: Article

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