Selected Publications
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28. The role of drag and gravity on dust concentration in a gravitationally unstable disc
    S. Rowther, R. Nealon, F. Meru, J. Wurster, H. Aly, R. Alexander, K. Rice, & R. A. Booth
    MNRAS, 528, 2490-2500, Feb. 2024.
    
27. Star-forming environments in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics simulations II: Re-simulating isolated clumps to determine equivalence of extracted clumps and parent simulations.  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster & C. Rowan
    MNRAS, 528, 2257-2273, Feb. 2024.
    
26. Star-forming environments in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics simulations I: Clump extraction and properties [Data]
    J. Wurster & C. Rowan
    MNRAS, 523, 3025-3042, Aug. 2023.
    
25. Gas and star kinematics in cloud-cloud collisions.  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster & I. A. Bonnell
    MNRAS, 522, 891-911, June 2023.
    
24. The initial magnetic criticality of prestellar cores [Data]
    F. Priestley, C. Yin & J. Wurster
    MNRAS, 515, 5689-5697, Oct 2022.
    
23. On the origin of magnetic fields in stars II: The effect of numerical resolution [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate, D. J. Price & I. A. Bonnell
    MNRAS, 511, 746-764, March 2022.
    
22. The formation and early evolution of embedded star clusters in spiral galaxies.
    S. Rieder, C. Dobbs, T. Bending, K. Y. Liow & J. Wurster
    MNRAS, 509, 6155-6168, Feb 2022.
    
21. The impact of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic processes on discs, outflows, counter-rotation and magnetic walls during the early stages of star formation  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & I. A. Bonnell
    MNRAS, 507, 2354-2372, Oct 2021.
    
20. Investigating the role of magnetic fields in star formation using molecular line profiles [Data]
    C. Yin, F. Priestley & J. Wurster
    MNRAS, 504, 2381-2389, June 2021.
    
19. The properties of clusters, and the orientation of magnetic fields relative to filaments, in magnetohydrodynamic simulations of colliding clouds
    C. Dobbs & J. Wurster
    MNRAS, 502, 2285-2295, April 2021.
    
18. Do we need non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics to model protostellar discs?  [Videos]  [Code]
    J. Wurster
    MNRAS, 501, 5873-5891, March 2021.
    
17. Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics vs turbulence II: Which is the dominant process in stellar core formation?  [Data]
    J. Wurster & B. T. Lewis
    MNRAS, 495, 3807-3818, July 2020.
    
16. Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics vs turbulence I: Which is the dominant process in protostellar disc formation?  [Data]
    J. Wurster & B. T. Lewis
    MNRAS, 495, 3795-3806, July 2020.
    
15. There is no magnetic braking catastrophe: Low-mass star cluster and protostellar disc formation with non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics  [Videos]  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 489, 1719-1741, Oct 2019.
    
14. Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores  [Erratum]
    F. Priestley, J. Wurster & S. Viti
    MNRAS, 488, 2357-2364, Sept 2019. (Erratum: MNRAS, 503, 2899-2901, May 2021.)
    
13. Disc formation and fragmentation using radiative non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics  [Data]
    J. Wurster & M. R. Bate
    MNRAS, 486, 2587-2603, June 2019.
    
12. 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.
    
11. On the origin of magnetic fields in stars  [Data]
    J. Wurster, M. R. Bate & D. J. Price
    MNRAS, 481, 2450-2457, December 2018.
    
10. 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.
    
9. 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.
   
8. 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.
   
7. 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.
6. Does turbulence determine the initial mass function?
   D. Liptai, D. J. Price, J. Wurster & M. R. Bate
   MNRAS, 465, 105-111, February 2017.
5. 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.
   
4. 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.
3. Ambipolar diffusion in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics.
   J. Wurster, D. J. Price & B. Ayliffe
   MNRAS, 444, 1104-1112, October 2014.
2. 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.
1. 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.

2. Resolving numerical star formation: A cautionary tale
   J. Wurster & M. R. Bate.
   Conference proceedings of the 14th international SPHERIC workshop, June 2019.
   
1. 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, June 2017.