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DR21 Main: A Collapsing Cloud

Astrophysics 2011-02-11 v3

Abstract

The molecular cloud, DR21 Main, is an example of a large-scale gravitational collapse about an axis near the plane of the sky where the collapse is free of major disturbances due to rotation or other effects. Using flux maps, polarimetric maps, and measurements of the field inclination by comparing the line widths of ion and neutral species, we estimate the temperature, mass, magnetic field, and the turbulent kinetic, mean magnetic, and gravitational potential energies, and present a 3D model of the cloud and magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1474,
  title  = {DR21 Main: A Collapsing Cloud},
  author = {Larry Kirby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1474},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

27 Pages, submitted to ApJ, corrected typos, referee comments added

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