The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Formation

of Protostars, Disks, and Outflows

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 Tsukamoto, Y. ;

 Maury, A. ;

 Commercon, B. ;

 Alves, F. O. ;

 Cox, E. G. ;

 Sakai, N. ;

 Ray, T. ;

 Zhao, B. ;

 Machida, M. N.

Abstract
We present our current understanding of the formation and early
evolution of protostars, protoplanetary disks, and the driving of
outflows as dictated by the interplay of magnetic fields and partially
ionized gas in molecular cloud cores. In recent years, the field has
witnessed enormous development through sub-millimeter observations
which in turn have constrained models of protostar formation. As a
result of these observations the state-of-the-art theoretical
understanding of the formation and evolution of young stellar objects
is described. In particular, we emphasize the importance of the
coupling, decoupling, and re-coupling between weakly ionized gas and
the magnetic field on appropriate scales. This highlights the complex
and intimate relationship between gravitational collapse and magnetic
fields in young protostars.

Publication:

Protostars and Planets VII, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 534,

Proceedings of a conference held 10-15 April 2023 at Kyoto, Japan.
Edited by Shu-ichiro Inutsuka, Yuri Aikawa, Takayuki Muto, Kengo
Tomida, and Motohide Tamura. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, 2023, p.317

Pub Date:

July 2023

Bibcode:

2023ASPC..534..317T