The critical role of disks in the formation of high-mass stars

Details The critical role of disks in the formation of high-mass stars The critical role of disks in the formation of high-mass stars

Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006natur.444..703c&link_type=abstract

Nature, Volume 444, Issue 7120, pp. 703-706 (2006).

Physics

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Although massive stars (commonly defined as those in excess of about eight solar masses, or with initial luminosities of a thousand times the solar luminosity or more) have an enormous impact on the galactic environment, how they form has been a mystery. The solution probably involves the existence of accretion disks. Rotational motions have been found in the gas surrounding young high-mass stars, which suggests that non-spherical accretion could be the fundamental ingredient of the massive-star formation recipe.

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