A triple protostar system formed via fragmentation of a gravitationally unstable disk

John J. Tobin (), Kaitlin M. Kratter, Magnus V. Persson, Leslie W. Looney, Michael M. Dunham, Dominique Segura-Cox, Zhi-Yun Li, Claire J. Chandler, Sarah I. Sadavoy, Robert J. Harris, Carl Melis and Laura M. Pérez
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John J. Tobin: University of Oklahoma
Kaitlin M. Kratter: University of Arizona
Magnus V. Persson: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513
Leslie W. Looney: University of Illinois
Michael M. Dunham: State University of New York Fredonia
Dominique Segura-Cox: University of Illinois
Zhi-Yun Li: University of Virginia
Claire J. Chandler: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box O
Sarah I. Sadavoy: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17
Robert J. Harris: University of Illinois
Carl Melis: Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California
Laura M. Pérez: Max-Planck-Institut für Radio Astronomie

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7626, 483-486

Abstract: Observations of the triple protostar system L1448 IRS3B support the hypothesis that companion stars can form because of gravitational instability in a protostellar disk.

Date: 2016
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