Journal article
Proto-Brown Dwarf Disks as Products of Protostellar Disk Encounters
Abstract
The formation of brown dwarfs (BDs) via encounters between protostars has been confirmed with high-resolution numerical simulations with a restricted treatment of the thermal conditions. The new results indicate that young BDs formed this way are disklike and often reside in multiple systems. The newly formed proto-BD disks are up to 18 AU in size and spin rapidly, making small-scale bipolar outflows, fragmentation, and the possible formation …
Authors
Shen S; Wadsley J
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 651, No. 2, pp. l145–l148
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
November 10, 2006
DOI
10.1086/508343
ISSN
0004-637X