Non-similar collapse of singular isothermal spherical molecular cloud cores with nonzero initial velocities

被引:3
作者
Nejad-Asghar, Mohsen [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mazandaran, Dept Phys, Babol Sar, Iran
[2] Res Inst Astron & Astrophys Maragha, Maragha, Iran
[3] Damghan Univ, Dept Phys, Damghan, Iran
关键词
ISM clouds; ISM evolution; stars formation; methods analytical; NONAXISYMMETRIC PROTOSTELLAR CORES; INTRINSIC SHAPES; STAR-FORMATION; ALGORITHM; DYNAMICS; SPHERES;
D O I
10.1088/1674-4527/10/12/008
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Theoretically, stars formed from the collapse of cores in molecular clouds Historically, the core had been assumed to be a singular isothermal sphere (SIS), and the collapse had been investigated in a self-similar manner When the rotation and magnetic fields lead to non-symmetric collapse, a spheroidal shape may occur Here, the result of the centrifugal force and magnetic field gradient is assumed to be in the normal direction to the rotational axis, and its components are supposed to be a fraction beta of the local gravitational force In this research, a collapsing SIS core is considered to find the importance that the parameter beta plays in the oblateness of the mass shells, which are the crests of the expansion waves We apply the Adomian decomposition method to solve the system of nonlinear partial differential equations because the collapse does not occur in a spherically symmetric and self-similar manner In this way, we obtain a semi-analytical relation for the mass infall rate M of the shells in the envelope Near the rotational axis, M decreases with the increase of the non-dimensional radius xi, while a direct relation is observed between M and xi in the equatorial regions Also, the values of M in the polar regions are greater than their equatorial values, and this difference occurs more often at smaller values of xi Overall, the results show that before reaching the crest of the expansion wave, the visible shape of the molecular cloud cores can evolve into oblate spheroids The ratio of major to minor axes of oblate cores increases when increasing the parameter beta, and its value can approach the observed elongated shapes of cores in the maps of molecular clouds, such as those in Taurus and Perseus
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页码:1275 / 1286
页数:12
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