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Topic: Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies ×Clear all

4 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   Correcting for the Effects of Interstellar Extinction

   Fitzpatrick · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1999

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   1. Unchecked“These curves represent the true monochromatic wavelength dependence of extinction and, as such, are suitable for dereddening IR–UV spectrophotometric data of any resolution and can be used to derive extinction relations for any photometry system.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   Protoplanetary disk formation from the collapse of a prestellar core

   Lee, Charnoz and Hennebelle · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2021

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   1. Unchecked“The surface mass flux is very centrally peaked, implying that most of the mass falling onto the star does not transit through the mid-plane of the disk.”
   2. Unchecked“The disk mid-plane is almost dead to turbulence, whereas upper layers and the disk outer edge are very turbulent.”
   3. Unchecked“Accretion onto the star is found to mostly depend on dynamics of the collapsing envelope, rather than the detailed disk structure.”