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The role of magnetic fields in the formation of protostellar discs
James Wurster, Zhi-Yun Li
Truncated abstract: The formation of a protostellar disc is a natural outcome during the star formation process. As gas in a molecular cloud core collapses under self-gravity, the…
On the origin of magnetic fields in stars
James Wurster, Matthew R. Bate, Daniel J. Price
Are the kG-strength magnetic fields observed in young stars a fossil field left over from their formation or are they generated by a dynamo? We use radiation non-ideal magnetohydro…
Hall effect-driven formation of gravitationally unstable discs in magnetized molecular cloud cores
James Wurster, Matthew R. Bate, Daniel J. Price
We demonstrate the formation of gravitationally unstable discs in magnetized molecular cloud cores with initial mass-to-flux ratios of 5 times the critical value, effectively solvi…
The effect of extreme ionisation rates during the initial collapse of a molecular cloud core
James Wurster, Matthew R. Bate, Daniel J. Price
What cosmic ray ionisation rate is required such that a non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulation of a collapsing molecular cloud will follow the same evolutionary path as an…
The collapse of a molecular cloud core to stellar densities using radiation non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics
James Wurster, Matthew R. Bate, Daniel J. Price
We present results from radiation non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) calculations that follow the collapse of rotating, magnetised, molecular cloud cores to stellar densities. Th…