Magnetic fields remain aligned with projected gravity throughout the DR21 ridge and sub-filaments, indicating guided accretion at rates that can build the ridge in about one million years.
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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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SIMPLIFI -- Study of Interstellar Magnetic Polarization: a Legacy Investigation of Filaments. I. Magnetically-Guided Accretion onto the DR21 Ridge
Magnetic fields remain aligned with projected gravity throughout the DR21 ridge and sub-filaments, indicating guided accretion at rates that can build the ridge in about one million years.
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On the origin of the rotation of massive stars
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.