Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344961

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0344961

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Interstellar Gas Dynamics. The conversion of interstellar gas into stars is a key process in the life-history of galaxies and the formation of planetary systems. Star formation takes place within a heterogeneous, dynamic cloud, and entails a million-fold contraction controlled by a complex interplay between gravity, magnetic forces, ionisation balance, chemical reactions and particles of interstellar dust. Previous modelling has adopted inappropriate approximations for the evolution of the magnetic field. This research will bring a rigorous treatment of magnetic diffusion to bear on the theory of cloud evolution, shock waves, star formation and protoplanetary discs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-11-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $255,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Other Plasma Physics | Fluid Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Fluid Physics | Other Plasma Physics | Physical sciences

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