Evidence for the gravity-driven and magnetically-regularized gas flows feeding the massive protostellar cluster in Cepheus A
This study utilizes high-resolution observations of the Cepheus A massive protostellar cluster to demonstrate that gravity drives gas inflows while magnetic fields cooperatively regulate turbulence, revealing a coherent, multiscale alignment of gravitational, magnetic, and velocity fields that challenges the conventional view of magnetic fields as purely resistive forces in star formation.
Panigrahy Sandhyarani (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Yerpedu, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India), Chakali Eswaraiah (Department of Physical Sciences (…)2026-05-13✓ Author reviewed ⓘ🔭 astro-ph