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Local Magnetic Field Role in Star Formation
Patrick M. Koch, Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho +14
We highlight distinct and systematic observational features of magnetic field morphologies in polarized submm dust continuum. We illustrate this with specific examples and show sta…
Cosmic-ray acceleration in young protostars
Marco Padovani, Patrick Hennebelle, Alexandre Marcowith +1
The main signature of the interaction between cosmic rays and molecular clouds is the high ionisation degree. This decreases towards the densest parts of a cloud, where star format…
Interstellar dust charging in dense molecular clouds: cosmic ray effects
Alexei Ivlev, Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli +1
The local cosmic-ray (CR) spectra are calculated for typical characteristic regions of a cold dense molecular cloud, to investigate two so far neglected mechanisms of dust charging…
Cosmic-ray propagation at small scale: a support for protostellar disc formation
Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli, Patrick Hennebelle +2
As long as magnetic fields remain frozen into the gas, the magnetic braking prevents the formation of protostellar discs. This condition is subordinate to the ionisation fraction c…
Cosmic-ray heating of molecular cloud cores
Daniele Galli, Marco Padovani
Cosmic rays are an important source of heating in the interstellar medium, in particular in dense molecular cloud cores shielded from the external ultraviolet radiation field. The…