Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, July 15-20, 2013
Poster 1B086
Simulating Bonnor-Ebert Sphere Collapse in Realistic Environments
Kaminski, Erica (University of Rochester)
Frank, Adam (University of Rochester)
Carroll, Jonathan (University of Rochester)
Myers, Phil (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Abstract:
Bonnor-Ebert (BE) spheres are simple models for
protostellar cloud structure, whose reality have some
observational support. Much work has focused on
studying their collapse properties by beginning with
stable clouds and imposing perturbations. We seek to
understand the relationship between ambient medium
dynamics and embedded Bonnor-Ebert sphere collapse.
Our simulations tested whether the dynamics of the
ambient medium alone could change the Bonnor-Ebert
(BE) sphere stability properties.
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