Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999apj...523l.155t&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 523, Issue 2, pp. L155-L158.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Gravitation, Hydrodynamics, Ism: Clouds, Stars: Formation
Scientific paper
The collapse of rotating isothermal clouds is investigated by three-dimensional self-gravitating hydrodynamical calculations. The criterion that predicts the outcome after the collapse is presented for the initially uniform-density rigid-rotating sphere. It is shown that the central flatness, that is, the axial ratio of the isodensity contour in the central region, is a good indicator for the fate of the cloud. If the central flatness is greater than the critical value ~4pi, a collapsing cloud with moderate perturbations is unstable for fragmentation, while if the central flatness is smaller than the critical value, it does not fragment at least before adiabatic core formation. The relation between the central flatness and the initial value of the ratio of the thermal (alpha_0) and rotational energy (beta_0) to the gravitational energy is also presented. Warm clouds (alpha_0>~0.5) are not expected to fragment before adiabatic core formation almost independent of the initial rotation (beta_0) and the properties of the initial perturbation.
Inutsuka Shu-ichiro
Tsuribe Toru
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