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A hydrodynamical model for the fragmentation of the W49A star-forming region ∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

John Lattanzio ,
Eric Keto  and
Joe Monaghan
John Lattanzio
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, AUSTRALIA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, L-413, L.L.N.L., P.O. Box 808, Livermore, Ca., 94550, USA
Eric Keto
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, L-413, L.L.N.L., P.O. Box 808, Livermore, Ca., 94550, USA
Joe Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, AUSTRALIA

Abstract

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We present a 3-D hydrodynamical and radiative transfer simulation which suggests that the circular “necklace” of massive star formation in W49A may result from fragmentation via a ring instability during the collapse of a rotating cooling molecular cloud.

Type
Poster Sessions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 147: Fragmentation of Molecular Clouds and Star Formation , 1991 , pp. 449 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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