Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-03-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We present some important conclusions from recent calculations pertaining to the collapse of rotating molecular cloud cores with axial symmetry, corresponding to evolution of young stellar objects through classes 0 and begin of class I. Three main issues have been addressed: (1) The typical timescale for building up a preplanetary disk - once more it turned out that it is of the order of one free-fall time which is decisively shorter than the widely assumed timescale related to the so-called 'inside-out collapse'; (2) Redistribution of angular momentum and the accompanying dissipation of kinetic (rotational) energy - together these processes govern the mechanical and thermal evolution of the protostellar core to a large extent; (3) The origin of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) - due to the specific pattern of the accretion flow, material that has undergone substantial chemical and mineralogical modifications in the hot (exceeding 900 K) interior of the protostellar core may have a good chance to be advectively transported outward into the cooler remote parts (beyond 4 AU, say) of the growing disk and to survive there until it is incorporated into a meteoritic body.
Gail Hans-Peter
Lüttjohann E.
Schönke Johannes
Tscharnuter Werner M.
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