The tai chi in star formation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Li, Hua-bai (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2017.
• Σειρά: IOP concise physics.
• Θέματα: Άστρα > Δημιουργία; Αστρονομία

Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art developed based on the laws of nature, emphasises how 'to conquer the unyielding with the yielding'. The recent observation of star formation shows that stars result from the interaction between gravity, turbulence and magnetic fields. This interaction again...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Magnetic fields
• 1.2. Turbulence
• 1.3. Turbulence versus B-fields
• 1.4. OK, so what about tai chi?
• 2. Magnetic fields
• 2.1. Magnetic flux freezing approximation
• 2.2. Magnetic critical mass
• 2.3. The tai chi between magnetic fields and gravity
• 2.4. Ambipolar diffusion--decoupling between gas and fields
• 3. Observations of magnetic fields
• 3.1. Field morphologies
• 3.2. Field strength
• 4. Observations of turbulence
• 4.1. Why we think clouds are turbulent
• 4.2. Turbulent critical mass
• 4.3. The tai chi between turbulence and gravity
• 5. Tai chi between gravity, turbulence, and the B-field
• 5.1. Critical densities
• 5.2. Cloud shapes and star formation rates
• 5.3. Turbulence ambipolar diffusion
• 5.4. Turbulent anisotropy
• 5.5. Summary.