2024MNRAS.532..763R -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 532, 763-782 (2024/July-3)
Turbulence and the characteristics of circumstellar discs.
RIAZ R., SCHLEICHER D.R.G., VANAVERBEKE S., KLESSEN R.S. and SAAVEDRA-BASTIDAS J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We investigate the properties of circumstellar discs (CDs) produced in hydrodynamical simulations of gravoturbulent core collapse considering Kolmogorov and Burger-type turbulence. We report that massive discs are more prevalent in the Kolmogorov regime than for Burger-type turbulence. A significant number of discs are formed with a radius of ∼15 au in both cases. However, the number of extended discs with radii >15 au is significantly larger in case of Kolmogorov turbulence. The two regimes of turbulence, in general, yield disc radii in the ranges of 7-30 au and 13-39 au, respectively. The corresponding ranges of the disc masses are 30.37 MJup-0.92 M⊙ and 2.09MJup-0.13 M⊙, respectively. Moreover, the ratio Mdisc/Mstar is higher in models of Kolmogorov-type turbulence than in models of Burgers-type turbulence. We do not find any correlation between Rdisc and Mdisc over the explored range of initial temperatures (8-14 K) and the type of turbulence. Also, for these initial thermal variations, the turbulent CD structures do not exhibit signs of turbulent diffusion. Nonetheless, both sub- and supersonic velocity dispersions cause variations in the specific angular momentum of infalling gas, especially for CDs with radii ∼ 16-21 au. The radial profiles of CDs do not correlate with the initial conditions.
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
accretion, accretion discs - hydrodynamics - turbulence - methods: numerical - stars: low-mass
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