Accretion Heating in Protostellar Disks
Authors:
N. J. Turner, JPL
H. W. Yorke, JPL
H. H. Klahr,
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie
Abstract:
We calculate the
heating due to dissipation of magnetic fields generated inside
protostellar disks, using three-dimensional MHD calculations. The
spatial distribution and time variability of the heating within 1 AU of
the young star and the consequences for the spectral energy
distribution and chemical evolution are discussed.