Protostar formation in magnetic molecular clouds beyond ion detachment. I. Formulation of the problem and method of solution

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 660, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 370-387

  Tassis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Mouschovias, Telemachos Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; ISM: clouds; Magnetic fields; MHD; Shock waves; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249077552     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512760     Document Type: Article

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