Supersonic turbulence and structure of interstellar molecular clouds
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
The interstellar medium (ISM) provides a unique laboratory for highly supersonic, driven hydrodynamics turbulence. We present a theory of such turbulence, confirm it by numerical simulations, and use the results to explain observational properties of interstellar molecular clouds, the regions where stars are born.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0203452,
title = {Supersonic turbulence and structure of interstellar molecular clouds},
author = {Stanislav Boldyrev and Aake Nordlund and Paolo Padoan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0203452},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures included