The Formation of Self-Gravitating Cores in Turbulent Magnetized Clouds

Abstract

We use ZEUS-MP to perform high resolution, three-dimensional, super-Alfvenic turbulent simulations in order to investigate the role of magnetic fields in self-gravitating core formation within turbulent molecular clouds. Statistical properties of our super-Alfvenic model without gravity agree with previous similar studies. Including self-gravity, our models give the following results. They are consistent with the turbulent fragmentation prediction of the core mass distribution of Padoan & Nordlund. They also confirm that local gravitational collapse is not prevented by magnetohydrodynamic waves driven by turbulent flows, even when the turbulent Jeans mass exceeds the mass in the simulation volume. Comparison of results between 256^3 and 512^3 zone simulations reveals convergence in the collapse rate. Analysis of self-gravitating cores formed in the simulation shows that: (1) All cores formed are magnetically supercritical by at least an order of magnitude. (2) A power law relation between central magnetic field strength and density B_c propto rho_c^{1/2} is observed despite the cores being strongly supercritical. (3) Specific angular momentum j propto R^{3/2} for cores with radius R. (4) Most cores are prolate and triaxial in shape, in agreement with the results of Gammie et al.

arXiv comment49 pages, 22 figures

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