Protostellar formation in rotating interstellar clouds. II - Axially symmetric collapse

Computer Science – Numerical Analysis

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Gravitational Collapse, Interstellar Matter, Nebulae, Protostars, Rotating Matter, Stellar Evolution, Astronomical Models, Computerized Simulation, Hydrodynamics, Isothermal Processes, Numerical Analysis, Ring Structures

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A two spatial dimension gravitational hydrodynamics code has been used to calculate the initial isothermal dynamic collapse phase of axially symmetric, rotating interstellar clouds. The Eulerian code has been constructed so as to conserve angular momentum both locally (approximately) and globally (exactly). An axially symmetric, rotating cloud collapses to form a rotating, near-equilibrium ring. The rings so formed are compared with those found previously by Black and Bodenheimer, and Bodenheimer and Tscharnuter, and found to agree in structure fairly well. Numerical tests with the code, as well as an analytic calculation of the collapse of a pressureless, rotating, axially symmetric cloud in a fixed gravitational potential, support the assertion that the observed ring formation is physically realistic.

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