Recent Advances in Binary Star Formation Using SPH

Matthew R. Bate

Proceedings of `Two Decades of Numerical Astrophysics', conference held in Port Douglas, Australia, 5-9 July 1999

We review recent advances in the study of binary star formation that have been made using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics technique.

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Collapse of a Molecular Cloud Core to Stellar Densities: Rotational Instability of the First Hydrostatic Core	The Evolution of an Accreting Protobinary System: Initial Molecular Cloud Core Properties: Uniform Density, Solid-body Rotation	The Evolution of an Accreting Protobinary System: Initial Molecular Cloud Core Properties: 1/r-Density, Solid-body Rotation
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