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Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsStar FormationStellar AstronomyBinary Star FormationComputational AstrophysicsProtostellar EvolutionStellar EvolutionStellar StructureAmbipolar DiffusionChemical Evolution Of Star-forming RegionsEarly Star FormationMagnetic DiffusionOhmic DissipationProtostar FormationProtostellar CoresStar Formation Simulations
Context. Ideal magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations have revealed catastrophic magnetic braking in the protostellar phase, which prevents the formation of a centrifugal disk around a nascent protostar.
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