Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993ppcn.conf..341h&link_type=abstract
In ESA, Fourth International Toki Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion p 341-344 (SEE N94-22624 05-75)
Physics
Plasma Physics
Astronomical Models, Fragmentation, Interstellar Gas, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Clouds, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Molecular Clouds, Computerized Simulation, Interplanetary Medium, Magnetic Flux, Star Formation
Scientific paper
Fragmentation of filamentary molecular clouds are calculated by one dimensional and two dimensional numerical simulations. It is shown by the two dimensional simulation that the high density clumps produced by fragmentation have different shapes depending on the magnetic field strength. When the magnetic field is weak, the high density clump is spherically symmetric. When the magnetic field is strong, a geometrically thin disk perpendicular to the axis is formed. A geometrically thin disk is unstable against further fragmentation, while a spherical cloud is not likely to fragment. Hierarchical fragmentation is expected in the case of strong magnetic fields. The one dimensional simulation showed that fragmentation propagates in a filamentary cloud. High density clumps are produced successively from one side to the other.
Hanawa Tomoyuki
Nakamura Fumitaka
Nakano Takenori
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