Ambipolar diffusion, interstellar dust, and the formation of cloud cores and protostars. I. Basic physics and formulation of the problem

Keyphrases

• Magnetic Field 100%
• Quasiparticles 100%
• Basic Physics 100%
• Interstellar Dust 100%
• Molecular Clouds 100%
• Protostars 100%
• Ambipolar Diffusion 100%
• Negatively Charged 50%
• Effective Charge 50%
• Electrostatic Force 50%
• Parameter-free 50%
• Electronic Charge 50%
• Numerical Methods 50%
• Electron Fluid 50%
• Number Density 50%
• Self-initiated 50%
• One-component Plasma 50%
• Solution Method 50%
• Cloud Model 50%
• Cosmic Abundances 50%
• Self-gravitating 50%
• Charged Grains 50%
• Zeff 50%
• Magnetohydrodynamic Equations 50%
• Charge Capture 50%
• Interstellar Grains 50%

Physics

• Physics 100%
• Magnetic Field 100%
• Quasiparticle 100%
• Interstellar Dust 100%
• Molecular Clouds 100%
• Protostars 100%
• Ambipolar Diffusion 100%
• Electrostatics 50%
• Magnetohydrodynamics 50%
• Mathematical Method 50%
• Cosmic Abundance 50%