THE FORMATION OF BINARY AND MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEMS

被引:62
作者
CHAPMAN, S
PONGRACIC, H
DISNEY, M
NELSON, A
TURNER, J
WHITWORTH, A
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales
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D O I
10.1038/359207a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Numerical simulations of protostars condensing out of turbulent interstellar gas clouds suggest that binary and multiple protostar systems are common. Such systems form from gas which has been strongly compressed and cooled in radiative shocks. Individual protostars result either from thermal fragmentation of extended layers, or from rotational fragmentation induced by accretion; they are much denser than their surroundings, well separated, and therefore likely to survive as separate entities.
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页码:207 / 210
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