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Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Clouds
Shantanu Basu
We discuss several categories of models which may explain the IMF, including the possible role of turbulence and magnetic fields.
Magnetic Fields in Molecular Cloud Cores
Shantanu Basu
Observations of magnetic field strengths imply that molecular cloud fragments are individually close to being in a magnetically critical state, even though both magnetic field and…
A Mushroom-shaped Structure from the Impact of a Cloud with the Galactic Disk
Takahiro Kudoh, Shantanu Basu
We propose that the mushroom-shaped structure of the Galactic worm GW 123.4--1.5 is created by a cloud collision with the Galactic gas disk. A hydrodynamic simulation shows that a…
Formation and Collapse of Nonaxisymmetric Protostellar Cores in Planar Magnetic Molecular Clouds
Shantanu Basu, Glenn E. Ciolek
We extend our earlier work on ambipolar diffusion induced formation of protostellar cores in isothermal sheet-like magnetic interstellar clouds, by studying nonaxisymmetric collaps…