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Title: Fast methods for tracking grain coagulation and ionization: III. Protostellar collapse with non-ideal MHD
Dust grains influence many aspects of star formation, including planet formation and the opacities for radiative transfer, chemistry, and the magnetic field via Ohmic, Hall, as well as ambipolar diffusion. The size distribution of the dust grains is the primary characteristic influencing all these aspects. Grain size increases by coagulation throughout the star formation process. In this work, we describe numerical simulations of protostellar collapse using methods described in earlier papers of this series. We compute the evolution of the grain size distribution from coagulation and the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics effects self-consistently and at low numerical cost. We find that the coagulation efficiency is mostly affected by the time spent in high-density regions. Starting from sub-micron radii, grain sizes reach more than 100 µm in an inner protoplanetary disk that is only 1000 yr old. We also show that the growth of grains significantly affects the resistivities, while also having an indirect effect on the dynamics and angular momentum of the disk.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1815461
PAR ID:
10421740
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume:
670
ISSN:
0004-6361
Page Range / eLocation ID:
A61
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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