Observed hub-filament system compared with simulation results (VIDEO)

Kyushu University

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The left panel shows a hub-filament system observed in an actual star-forming region; the right shows the structure produced by this study's 3D simulation. Both show multiple elongated filaments of gas radiating toward a dense central hub. The study shows that this characteristic pattern can emerge when a fast interstellar shockwave strikes a molecular cloud with a curved magnetic field.

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Shingo Nozaki / Kyushu University

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