The formation of circumstellar discs is a critical step in the formation of stars and planets. Magnetic fields can strongly affect the evolution of angular momentum during prestellar core collapse, potentially leading to the failure of protostellar disc formation. This phenomenon, known as the magnetic braking catastrophe, has been observed in ideal-MHD simulations. In this work, we present results from ideal-MHD simulations of circumstellar disc formation from realistic initial conditions of strongly magnetised, massive cores with masses between $30 ~{\rm M}_\odot$ and $300 ~{\rm M}_\odot$ resolved by zooming into Giant Molecular Clouds with masses $\sim 10^4 \ {\rm M}_\odot$ and initial mass-to-flux ratios $0.6 \le μ_0 \le 3$. Due to the large turbulence caused by the non-axisymmetric gravitational collapse of the gas, the dominant vertical support of discs is turbulent motion, while magnetic and turbulent pressures contribute equally in the outer toroid. The magnetic field topology is extremely turbulent and incoherent, reducing the effect of magnetic braking by roughly one order of magnitude and leading to the formation of large Keplerian discs even in magnetically critical or near-critical cores. Only cores in GMCs with $μ_0 < 1$ fail to form discs. Instead, they collapse into a sheet-like structure and produce numerous low-mass stars. We also discuss a universal $B-ρ$ relation valid over a large range of scales from the GMC to massive cores, irrespective of the GMC magnetisation. This study differs from the vast literature on this topic which typically focus on smaller mass discs with idealised initial and boundary conditions, therefore providing insights into the initial conditions of massive prestellar core collapse and disc formation.
Twisted Pseudodisk and Asymmetric Mass Accretion on the Circumstellar Disk
Kyushu University（九州大学）；University of Western Ontario（韦仕敦大学）；Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto（多伦多大学理论天体物理研究所）；Kanagawa University（神奈川大学）
MHD Simulations of Strongly Magnetized HII Region Evolution: Evidence for Ionized Gas Filamentation
Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford（牛津大学科学、医学与技术历史中心）；Dept. of Astronomy, University of Virginia（弗吉尼亚大学天文学系）；Virginia Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Virginia（弗吉尼亚大学理论天文研究所）；Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan（密歇根大学天文学系）；Korea Institute of Advanced Study（韩国高等研究院）；Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences University of Colorado, Boulder（科罗拉多大学博尔德分校天体物理与行星科学系天体物理学与太空天文中心）
Classical, large scale 3D MHD simulations of interacting pulsar wind nebulae
Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)（空间科学研究所）；Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)（加泰罗尼亚空间研究学院）；Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)（加泰罗尼亚高级研究制度）
