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Local Star Formation Process

Subsections

Hydrostatic Balance
Virial Analysis
- Magnatohydrostatic Clouds
Subcritical Cloud vs Supercritical Cloud
- Observation of Magnetic Field Strength
  - Zeeman Splitting Method
  - Chandrasekhar-Fermi Method
- Observation of Mass-to-Flux Ratio
Ambipolar Diffusion
- Ionization Rate
- Ambipolar Diffusion
Dynamical Collapse
- Inside-out Collapse Solution
- Protostellar Evolution of Supercritical Clouds
Star Formation Time Scale
Accretion Rate
- Problem
Outflow
- Magneto-driven Model
- Entrainment Model
Evolution to Star
Example of Numerical Simulation
Evolution in the H-R diagram
- Main Accretion Phase
  - Before Deuterium Ignition
  - After Deuterium Ignition
- Premain-sequence Evolution

Kohji Tomisaka 2009-12-10