Protoplanetary Disk Size under Nonideal Magnetohydrodynamics: A General Formalism with Inclined Magnetic Field

Yueh Ning Lee*, Barshan Ray, Pierre Marchand, Patrick Hennebelle

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Abstract

Many mechanisms have been proposed to alleviate the magnetic catastrophe, which prevents the Keplerian disk from forming inside a collapsing magnetized core. Such propositions include inclined field and nonideal magnetohydrodynamics effects, and have been supported with numerical experiments. Models have been formulated for typical disk sizes when a field threads the rotating disk, parallel to the rotation axis, while observations at the core scales do not seem to show evident correlation between the directions of angular momentum and the magnetic field. In the present study, we propose a new model that considers both vertical and horizontal fields and discuss their effects on the protoplanetary disk size.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL28
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume961
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 Feb 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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