Cosmic-ray ionization rate versus Dust fraction: Which plays a crucial role in the early evolution of the circumstellar disk?
arXiv:2303.04424 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stad711
Abstract
We study the formation and early evolution of young stellar objects (YSOs) using three-dimensional non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to investigate the effect of cosmic ray ionization rate and dust fraction (or amount of dust grains) on circumstellar disk formation. Our simulations show that a higher cosmic ray ionization rate and a lower dust fraction lead to (i) a smaller magnetic resistivity of ambipolar diffusion, (ii) a smaller disk size and mass, and (iii) an earlier timing of outflow formation and a greater angular momentum of the outflow. In particular, at a high cosmic ray ionization rate, the disks formed early in the simulation are dispersed by magnetic braking on a time scale of about 104 years. Our results suggest that the cosmic ray ionization rate has a particularly large impact on the formation and evolution of disks, while the impact of the dust fraction is not significant.
arXiv comment8 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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