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Why are most molecular clouds not gravitationally bound?
C. L. Dobbs, A. Burkert, J. E. Pringle
The most recent observational evidence seems to indicate that giant molecular clouds are predominantly gravitationally unbound objects. In this paper we show that this is a natural…
Chaotic star formation and the alignment of stellar rotation with disc and planetary orbital axes
M. R. Bate, G. Lodato, J. E. Pringle
We investigate the evolution of the relative angle between the stellar rotation axis and the circumstellar disc axis of a star that forms in a stellar cluster from the collapse of…
Fuelling Active Galactic Nuclei
A. R. King, J. E. Pringle
We suggest that most nearby active galactic nuclei are fed by a series of small--scale, randomly--oriented accretion events. Outside a certain radius these events promote rapid sta…
Time-dependent models of two-phase accretion discs around black holes
M. Mayer, J. E. Pringle
We present time-dependent simulations of a two-phase accretion flow around a black hole. The accretion flow initially is composed of an optically thick and cool disc close to the m…
The evolution of misaligned accretion discs and spinning black holes
G. Lodato, J. E. Pringle
In this paper we consider the process of alignment of a spinning black hole and a surrounding misaligned accretion disc. We use a simplified set of equations, that describe the evo…
The formation of molecular clouds in spiral galaxies
C. L. Dobbs, I. A. Bonnell, J. E. Pringle
We present Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of molecular cloud formation in spiral galaxies. These simulations model the response of a non-self-gravitating gaseous…