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Observational constraints on angular momentum transfer during gravitational collapse*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Eric Keto*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, L-413, L.L.N.L., P.O. Box 808, Livermore, Ca., 94550, USA.

Abstract

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A simple calculation of the expected spectral signatures of model protostellar accretion flows suggests how the rotation curve of the accretion disk may be deduced from radio frequency molecular line observations. We compare synthetic observations with actual data to derive rotation curves, braking torques, and minimum magnetic field energies required to effect the braking.

Type
Poster Sessions
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991