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Two-stage fragmentation in a rotating protostellar cloud

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We discuss the problem of fragmentation in a rotating cloud, showing that different physical models can result in widely different results. We also show that results of our ‘turbulent-rotation’ model agree qualitatively with those of numerical calculations by Larson (1978a) and suggest that fragmentation in a rotating nebula takes place at two different stages.

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  1. Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera-Merate (Co), Italy

    Paolo Paolicchi & Stefano Siccardi

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Paolicchi, P., Siccardi, S. Two-stage fragmentation in a rotating protostellar cloud. Astrophys Space Sci 64, 463–466 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639522

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