Formation and collapse of nonaxisymmetric protostellar cores in planar magnetic interstellar clouds: Formulation of the problem and linear analysis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 443-457

  Ciolek, Glenn E ^a,b   Basu, Shantanu ^c  

^a New York Center for Studies on the Origin of Life   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; ISM: clouds; ISM: magnetic fields; MHD; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845316402     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507865     Document Type: Article

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