Plasma Astrophysics Problems in Star and Planet Formation

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dc.creatorZweibel, Ellen
dc.creatorGoodman, Jeremy
dc.creatorJi, Hantao
dc.creatorLazarian, Alex
dc.date2009-02-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:45:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:45:05Z
dc.descriptionThe major questions relevant to star and planet formation are: What controls the rate, efficiency, spatial clustering, multiplicity, and initial mass function of star formation, now and in the past? What are the major feedback mechanisms through which star formation affects its environment? What controls the formation and orbital parameters of planets, especially terrestrial planets? These questions cannot be fully addressed without understanding key magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and plasma physics processes. Although some of these basic problems have long been considered intractable, attacking them through a combination of laboratory experiment, theory, and numerical simulation is now feasible, and would be fruitful. Achieving a better understanding of these processes is critical to interpreting observations, and will form an important component of astrophysical models. These models in turn will serve as inputs to other areas of astrophysics, e.g. cosmology and galaxy formation.
dc.description3 pages, white paper submitted to Planetary Systems and Star Formation (PSF) panel
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3617
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3617
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/220983
dc.subjectEarth and Planetary Astrophysics
dc.subjectAstrophysics of Galaxies
dc.titlePlasma Astrophysics Problems in Star and Planet Formation
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