Initial phase of protostar formation

Autor: M. G. Abrahamyan, L. I. Matveenko
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Astrophysics. 55:397-410
ISSN: 1573-8191
0571-7256
DOI: 10.1007/s10511-012-9246-5
Popis: Observational data on an active star formation region in the dense molecular cloud Orion KL in the form of H2O maser emission are analyzed in terms of a hydrodynamic whirlwind mechanism for the excitation of bipolar outflows from the disk system. The whirlwind theory for the excitation of bipolar flows from the disk system is found to provide a first order approximation for explaining the major observed features of the active region and the structure accompanying the formation of a protostar: a disk-bipolar flow, including the mechanism by which it is ejected and autocollimated, and the excitation of maser radiation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE