Fission:
A Mechanism for Forming Binary Stars

John E. Cazes and Joel E. Tohline
2000, ApJ, April 1 issue, in press

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Louisiana State University

Motivation

Key Concepts
The Fission Hypothesis
Our Strategy
Simulation Results
  • Two-Armed Spiral Instability
  • C.A.R.E.s
  • Slow Cooling

Presented on 14Feb2000 by Joel E. Tohline
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/tohline/Talks/caltech/fission.html