Abstract
We review our recent studies demonstrating that the radiation pressure problem in the formation of massive stars can be circumvented via an anisotropy of the thermal radiation field. Such an anisotropy naturally establishes with the formation of a circumstellar disk. The required angular momentum transport within the disk can be provided by developing gravitational torques. Radiative Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in the cavity regions – as previously suggested in the literature – are not required and are shown to be unlikely in the context of massive star formation.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Kahn, F. D. (1974). A&A, 37:149.
Krumholz, M. R., Klein, R. I., McKee, C. F., Offner, S. S. R., and Cunningham, A. J. (2009). Science, 323:754.
Kuiper, R., Klahr, H., Beuther, H., and Henning, T. (2010a). ApJ, 722:1556.
Kuiper, R., Klahr, H., Beuther, H., and Henning, T. (2011). ApJ, 732:20.
Kuiper, R., Klahr, H., Beuther, H., and Henning, T. (2012). A&A, 537:122.
Kuiper, R., Klahr, H., Dullemond, C. P., Kley, W., and Henning, T. (2010b). A&A, 511:81–96.
Nakano, T. (1989). ApJ, 345:464.
Yorke, H. W. and Krügel, E. (1977). A&A, 54:183.
Yorke, H. W. and Sonnhalter, C. (2002). ApJ, 569:846.
Acknowledgements
Author R. K. is currently financially supported by the German Academy of Science Leopoldina within the Leopoldina Fellowship programme, grant no. LPDS 2011-5.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Kuiper, R., Klahr, H., Beuther, H., Henning, T. (2014). A Solution to the Radiation Pressure Problem in the Formation of Massive Stars. In: Stamatellos, D., Goodwin, S., Ward-Thompson, D. (eds) The Labyrinth of Star Formation. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03041-8_74
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03041-8_74
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-03040-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-03041-8
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)