| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 64, 2014
Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary
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| Article Number | 05005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Simulations of Accretion and Ejection | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136405005 | |
| Published online | 08 January 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136405005
Magnetospheric outflows in young stellar objects
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio 20, 10025 Palermo, Italy
a e-mail: zanni@oato.inaf.it
Published online: 8 January 2014
Different classes of outflows are associated with the magnetospheric activity of accreting T Tauri protostars. Stellar winds are accelerated along the open field lines anchored in the stellar surface; disk winds (extended or X-type) can be launched along the open magnetic surfaces threading the accretion disk; another type of ejection can arise from the region of interaction of the closed magnetosphere with the accretion disk (magnetospheric ejections, conical winds), where the magnetic surfaces undergo quasiperiodic episodes of inflation and reconnection. In this chapter I will present the main dynamical properties of these different types of outflow. Two main issues will be addressed. First, I will try to understand if these ejection phenomena can account for the origin of the jets often observed in young forming stellar systems. Second, I will evaluate the impact of these outflows on the angular momentum evolution of the central protostar.
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