Interstellar Turbulence and Star Formation
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2011-05-05 v1
Abstract
We provide a brief overview of recent advances and outstanding issues in simulations of interstellar turbulence, including isothermal models for interior structure of molecular clouds and larger-scale multiphase models designed to simulate the formation of molecular clouds. We show how self-organization in highly compressible magnetized turbulence in the multiphase ISM can be exploited in simple numerical models to generate realistic initial conditions for star formation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.2177,
title = {Interstellar Turbulence and Star Formation},
author = {Alexei G. Kritsuk and Sergey D. Ustyugov and Michael L. Norman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2177},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 color figures; submitted to Proceedings of IAU Symposium 270 "Computational Star Formation" held in Barcelona, May 31 - June 4, 2010