Showing papers by "Alan P. Boss published in 1979"
TL;DR: In this article, the collapse of an isothermal protostellar cloud with pressure, gravity, and rotation included is followed with two independent computer codes, and the collapse is followed through an increase in density of over four orders of magnitude to the point where a binary protostar forms.
Abstract: The collapse of an isothermal protostellar cloud with pressure, gravity, and rotation included is followed with two independent computer codes. For the initial condition, a nonaxisymmetric perturbation of mode m = 2 and 50% amplitude is introduced into a cloud of 1 solar mass with a mean density of 1.44 x 10 to the -17g/cu cm and a uniform angular velocity of 1.6 x 10 to the -12 rad/sec. The collapse is followed through an increase in density of over four orders of magnitude to the point where a binary protostar forms. The agreement between the results of the two calculations is good.
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