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The Razor's Edge: Magnetic Fields and Their Fundamental Role in Star Formation and Observations of Protostellar Coress
Glenn E. Ciolek, Shantanu Basu
We review theoretical models of the early stages of star formation, in which gravitational collapse is strongly regulated by magnetic fields and the associated process of ambipolar…
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On the Timescale for the Formation of Protostellar Cores in Magnetic Interstellar Clouds
Glenn E. Ciolek, Shantanu Basu
We revisit the problem of the formation of dense protostellar cores due to ambipolar diffusion within magnetically supported molecular clouds, and derive an analytical expression f…