Magnetically-driven protostellar jets transport sufficient angular momentum outward to prevent massive protostars from reaching critical rotation speeds, with jet strength linked to initial formation conditions producing a variety of final stellar rotation rates.
Bate MR, Tricco TS, Price DJ
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Magnetically-driven protostellar jets transport sufficient angular momentum outward to prevent massive protostars from reaching critical rotation speeds, with jet strength linked to initial formation conditions producing a variety of final stellar rotation rates.
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Numerical Methods for Simulating Star Formation
Review of MHD numerical methods for star formation, covering discretization techniques, divergence-free constraints, sink particles, and non-ideal effects like diffusion and the Hall effect.