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Discs are born eccentric
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202449610.png)
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Context. Recent observations have begun probing the early phases of disc formation, but little data yet exists on disc structure and morphology of Class 0 objects. Using simulations, we are able to lay out predictions of disc morphologies expected in future surveys of young discs. Based on detailed simulations of ab initio star formation by core collapse, we predict that early discs must be eccentric. Aims. In this Letter, we study the morphology and, in particular, the eccentricity of discs formed in non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) collapse simulations. We attempt to show that discs formed by cloud collapse are likely to be eccentric. Methods. We ran non-ideal MHD collapse simulations in the adaptive mesh refinement code RAMSES with radiative transfer. We used state-of-the-art analysis methods to measure the disc eccentricity. Results. We find that despite no asymmetry in the initial conditions, the discs formed are eccentric, with eccentricities on the order of 0.1. Conclusions. These results may have important implications for protoplanetary disc dynamics and planet formation. The presence of eccentricity in young discs that is not seen at later stages of disc evolution is in tension with current viscous eccentricity damping models. This implies that there may be an as-yet undiscovered circularisation mechanism in circumstellar discs.
Keyword:
accretion, accretion disks
magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
methods: numerical
protoplanetary disks
stars: formation
stars: protostars
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IF:
5.8
论文数:
5.0W
被引数:
18.3W
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引用论文
Radiation hydrodynamics with adaptive mesh refinement and application to prestellar core collapse I. Methods具有自适应网格细化的辐射流体动力学及其在星前核塌陷中的应用I。方法

