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Submitted journal publications
  1. There is no magnetic braking catastrophe: Low-mass star cluster and protostellar disc formation with non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics  [Videos] 
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    Accepted for publication in MNRAS.
Refereed journal publications
  1. Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores
    F. Priestley, J. Wurster & S. Viti
    MNRAS, 488:2357-2364, Sept 2019.
  2. Disc formation and fragmentation using radiative non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics
    J. Wurster & M. R. Bate
    MNRAS, 486:2587-2603, June 2019.
  3. The role of magnetic fields in the formation of protostellar discs
    J. Wurster & Z.-Y. Li
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, 5:39, December 2018.
  4. On the origin of magnetic fields in stars  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 481:2450-2457, December 2018.
  5. Hall effect-driven formation of gravitationally unstable discs in magnetized molecular cloud cores  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 480:4434-4442, November 2018.
  6. The effect of extreme ionisation rates during the initial collapse of a molecular cloud core  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 476:2063-2074, May 2018.
  7. The collapse of a molecular cloud core to stellar densities using radiation non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 475:1859-1880, April 2018.
  8. The impact of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics on binary star formation  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price & M. R. Bate
    MNRAS, 466:1788-1804, April 2017.
  9. Does turbulence determine the initial mass function?
    D. Liptai, D. J. Price, J. Wurster & M. R. Bate
    MNRAS, 465:105-111, February 2017.
  10. NICIL: A stand alone library to self-consistently calculate non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic coefficients in molecular clouds  [Code]  [Data]
    J. Wurster
    PASA, 33:e041, September 2016.
  11. Can non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics solve the magnetic braking catastrophe?  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price & M. R. Bate
    MNRAS, 457:1037-1061, March 2016.
  12. Ambipolar diffusion in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics.
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price & B. Ayliffe
    MNRAS, 444:1104-1112, October 2014.
  13. Magnetically-regulated fragmentation induced by nonlinear flows and ambipolar diffusion.
    S. Basu, G. E. Ciolek, W. B. Dapp & J. Wurster
    New A, 14:483-495, July 2009.
  14. Nonlinear evolution of gravitational fragmentation regulated by magnetic fields and ambipolar diffusion.
    S. Basu, G. E. Ciolek & J. Wurster
    New A, 14:221-237, April 2009.
Conference Proceedings
  1. Resolving numerical star formation: A cautionary tale
    J. Wurster & M. R. Bate.
    Conference proceedings of the 14th international SPHERIC workshop.
  2. Investigating prescriptions for artificial resistivity in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate, D. J. Price & T. S. Tricco.
    Conference proceedings of the 12th international SPHERIC workshop.