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Old 28-02-2013, 09:56 AM
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The role of MHD in PN and SNr formation

We shouldn't overlook (pardon the pun) the role of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in PN and SN remnant formation. Filaments and threads are magnetic sheets that we can see, and MHD turbulence plays a major role in stellar evolution, from coalescing molecular clouds to final dispersion into the intergalactic medium. Without magnetic forces our sun would be a hot but very boring object. There are so many papers on how MHD affects both PN shapes and SN remnant dispersion that one can get a bit addlepated trying to keep up with it all. Google Scholar lists the following references for MHD in PNs:

http://scholar.google.co.za/scholar?...1%2C5&as_sdtp=

amid which this paper is a good starter kit:

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs...rnalCode=astro

For MHD in SNrs:

http://scholar.google.co.za/scholar?...1%2C5&as_sdtp=

arXiv weighs in as well, though less voluminously:

http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND.../0/1/0/all/0/1

http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND.../0/1/0/all/0/1

Most of this stuff is a lot chewier than the books Robert recommends. The turgid prose of professional papers is redeemed by their up-to-the-minute data, but they sure are a handful to read.
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