Testing the Paradigm of Low-Mass Star Formation

Details Testing the Paradigm of Low-Mass Star Formation Testing the Paradigm of Low-Mass Star Formation

2003-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309489v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 6 figures; To appear in the Proceeding of IAU Symposium 221, Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, Editors M. B

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Protostellar core formation is probably much more dynamic, and magnetic fields are probably much less important, than has been previously assumed in the standard model of low-mass star formation. This revised picture has important consequences: it is easier to understand the observed rapidity of star formation in molecular clouds; cores are more likely to have structures favoring high infall rates at early times, helping to explain the differences between Class 0 and Class I protostars; and core structure and asymmetry will strongly favor post-collapse fragmentation into binary and multiple stellar systems.

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