Magnetic braking in weakly ionized media

Details Magnetic braking in weakly ionized media Magnetic braking in weakly ionized media

Sep 1987

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 320, Sept. 15, 1987, p. 726-740. NASA-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Angular Momentum, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Rotating Plasmas, Star Formation, Stellar Rotation, Ambipolar Diffusion, Boundary Value Problems, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Envelopes

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This paper presents an analytic solution of the magnetic braking problem for a weakly ionized, rigidly rotating disk whose angular velocity and magnetic field vectors are aligned with the symmetry axis. This solution illustrates the effects of the relative azimuthal drift of neutrals and ions. The effects of radial drift are discussed and some general comments are made concerning the ratio of the characteristic ambipolar diffusion and magnetic braking time scales in high-mass and low-mass disks. The combined action of these two processes is illustrated by means of a numerical calculation . Implications of these results for accreting protostars are considered.

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