Search Results - "NORDLUND, Ake"
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The Star Formation Rate of Supersonic Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-03-2011)“…This work presents a new physical model of the star formation rate (SFR), which is verified with an unprecedented set of large numerical simulations of driven,…”
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The Origin of Massive Stars: The Inertial-inflow Model
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2020)“…We address the problem of the origin of massive stars, namely the origin, path, and timescale of the mass flows that create them. Based on extensive numerical…”
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Zoom-in Simulations of Protoplanetary Disks Starting from GMC Scales
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2017)“…We investigate the formation of protoplanetary disks around nine solar-mass stars formed in the context of a (40 pc)3 Giant Molecular Cloud model, using ramses…”
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SUPERNOVA DRIVING. I. THE ORIGIN OF MOLECULAR CLOUD TURBULENCE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2016)“…ABSTRACT Turbulence is ubiquitous in molecular clouds (MCs), but its origin is still unclear because MCs are usually assumed to live longer than the turbulence…”
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The Stellar IMF from Isothermal MHD Turbulence
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2018)“…We address the turbulent fragmentation scenario for the origin of the stellar initial mass function (IMF), using a large set of numerical simulations of…”
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INFALL-DRIVEN PROTOSTELLAR ACCRETION AND THE SOLUTION TO THE LUMINOSITY PROBLEM
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2014)“…We investigate the role of mass infall in the formation and evolution of protostars. To avoid ad hoc initial and boundary conditions, we consider the infall…”
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Supernova Driving. IV. The Star-formation Rate of Molecular Clouds
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2017)“…We compute the star-formation rate (SFR) in molecular clouds (MCs) that originate ab initio in a new, higher-resolution simulation of supernova-driven…”
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The Probability Distribution of Density Fluctuations in Supersonic Turbulence
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-08-2019)“…A theoretical formulation is developed for the probability distribution function (pdf) of gas density in supersonic turbulence at steady state, connecting it…”
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Pebble dynamics and accretion on to rocky planets – I. Adiabatic and convective models
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-10-2018)“…We present nested-grid, high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations of gas and particle dynamics in the vicinity of Mars- to Earth-mass planetary embryos. The…”
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A GRID OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STELLAR ATMOSPHERE MODELS OF SOLAR METALLICITY. I. GENERAL PROPERTIES, GRANULATION, AND ATMOSPHERIC EXPANSION
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-05-2013)“…Present grids of stellar atmosphere models are the workhorses in interpreting stellar observations and determining their fundamental parameters. These models…”
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Transport, Destruction, and Growth of Pebbles in the Gas Envelope of a Protoplanet
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2020)“…We analyze the size evolution of pebbles accreted into the gaseous envelope of a protoplanet growing in a protoplanetary disk, taking into account collisions…”
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The Absolute Chronology and Thermal Processing of Solids in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (02-11-2012)“…Transient heating events that formed calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) and chondrules are fundamental processes in the evolution of the solar…”
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A pebble accretion model for the formation of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System
Published in Science advances (01-02-2021)“…Pebbles of millimeter sizes are abundant in protoplanetary discs around young stars. Chondrules inside primitive meteorites-formed by melting of dust aggregate…”
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Pebble dynamics and accretion on to rocky planets – II. Radiative models
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2019)“…We investigate the effects of radiative energy transfer on a series of nested-grid, high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations of gas and particle dynamics in…”
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The Stagger Code for Accurate and Efficient, Radiation-coupled Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2024)“…We describe the Stagger code for simulations of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) systems. This is a modular code with a variety of physics modules that will let the…”
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SUPERNOVA DRIVING. II. COMPRESSIVE RATIO IN MOLECULAR-CLOUD TURBULENCE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2016)“…ABSTRACT The compressibility of molecular cloud (MC) turbulence plays a crucial role in star formation models, because it controls the amplitude and…”
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dispatch: a numerical simulation framework for the exa-scale era – I. Fundamentals
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2018)“…Abstract We introduce a high-performance simulation framework that permits the semi-independent, task-based solution of sets of partial differential equations,…”
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The Stellar Initial Mass Function from Turbulent Fragmentation
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Improvements to stellar structure models, based on a grid of 3D convection simulations – II. Calibrating the mixing-length formulation
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-12-2014)“…We perform a calibration of the mixing length of convection in stellar structure models against realistic 3D radiation-coupled hydrodynamics simulations of…”
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Isotopic evidence for primordial molecular cloud material in metal-rich carbonaceous chondrites
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-02-2016)“…The short-lived 26Al radionuclide is thought to have been admixed into the initially 26Al-poor protosolar molecular cloud before or contemporaneously with its…”
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