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Dealing numerically with the turbulent nature and non-linearity of the physical processes involved in the ISM requires the use of sophisticated numerical schemes coupled to HD and MHD mathematical models. SNe are the main drivers of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miguel A. de Avillez , Dieter Breitschwerdt

Observations have suggested substantial departures from pressure equilibrium in the interstellar medium (ISM) in the plane of the Galaxy, even on scales under 50 pc. Nevertheless, multi-phase models of the ISM assume at least locally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Dinshaw Balsara , Miguel A. Avillez , Jongsoo Kim

We discuss HD and MHD compressible turbulence as a cloud-forming and cloud-structuring mechanism in the ISM. Results from a numerical model of the turbulent ISM at large scales suggest that the phase-like appearance of the medium, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni , Thierry Passot

We model the conservation of energy in the framework of the thin layer approximation for two types of interstellar medium (ISM). In particular, we analyse an ISM in the presence of self-gravity and a Gaussian ISM which produces an asymmetry…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-07 Lorenzo Zaninetti

Passive scalar mixing (metals, molecules, etc.) in the turbulent interstellar medium (ISM) is critical for abundance patterns of stars and clusters, galaxy and star formation, and cooling from the circumgalactic medium. However, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-22 Matthew J. Colbrook , Xiangcheng Ma , Philip F. Hopkins , Jonathan Squire

MHD Turbulence is a critical component of the current paradigms of star formation, particle transport, magnetic reconnection and evolution of the ISM, to name just a few. Progress on this difficult subject is made via numerical simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Blakesley Burkhart , Alex Lazarian

Feedback to the interstellar medium (ISM) from ionising radiation, stellar winds and supernovae is central to regulating star formation in galaxies. Due to their low mass ($M_{*} < 10^{9}$\,M$_\odot$), dwarf galaxies are particularly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-17 Michelle L. M. Collins , Justin I. Read

Interstellar shocks, a key element of stellar feedback processes, shape the structure of the interstellar medium (ISM) and are essential for the chemistry, thermodynamics, and kinematics of interstellar gas. Powerful, high-velocity shocks…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Daniel R. Rybarczyk , Snezana Stanimirovic , Antoine Gusdorf

The mechanisms that maintain turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) are still not identified. This work investigates how we can distinguish between two fundamental driving mechanisms: the accumulated effect of stellar feedback versus…

Supersonic turbulence is a large reservoir of suprathermal energy in the interstellar medium. Its dissipation, because it is intermittent in space and time, can deeply modify the chemistry of the gas. We further explore a hybrid method to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin Godard , Edith Falgarone , Guillaume Pineau Des Forêts

We present a method for modelling star-forming clouds that combines two different models of the thermal evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM). In the combined model, where the densities are low enough that at least some part of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Matthew R. Bate , Eric R. Keto

The dynamical evolution of hot optically thin plasmas in the ISM crucially depends on the heating and cooling processes. It is essential to realize that all physical processes that contribute operate on different time scales. In particular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dieter Breitschwerdt

We explore the impact of diffusive cosmic rays (CRs) on the evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) under varying assumptions of supernova explosion environment. In practice, we systematically vary the relative fractions of supernovae…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-28 Christine M. Simpson , Rüdiger Pakmor , Christoph Pfrommer , Simon C. O. Glover , Rowan Smith

The solar wind (SW) and local interstellar medium (LISM) are turbulent media. Their interaction is governed by complex physical processes and creates heliospheric regions with significantly different properties in terms of particle…

High-mass young stellar objects (HMYSOs) can exhibit episodic bursts of accretion, accompanied by intense outflows and luminosity variations. Thermal Instability (TI) due to Hydrogen ionisation is among the most promising mechanisms of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-18 Vardan G. Elbakyan , Sergei Nayakshin , Alessio Caratti o Garatti , Rolf Kuiper , Zhen Guo

The interstellar medium (ISM) is a magnetised system in which transonic or supersonic turbulence is driven by supernova explosions. This leads to the production of intermittent, filamentary structures in the ISM gas density, whilst the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 Irina Makarenko , Anvar Shukurov , Robin Henderson , Luiz F. S. Rodrigues , Paul Bushby , Andrew Fletcher

Massive, young stars are the main source of energy that maintains multiphase structure and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM), and without this "feedback" the star formation rate (SFR) would be much higher than is observed. Rapid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-28 Chang-Goo Kim , Jeong-Gyu Kim , Munan Gong , Eve C. Ostriker

We review recent results from numerical simulations and related models of MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) and in molecular clouds. We discuss the implications of turbulence for the processes of cloud formation and evolution,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Vazquez-Semadeni , E. C. Ostriker , T. Passot , C. F. Gammie , J. M. Stone

A systematic study of the linear thermal instability of a self-gravitating magnetic molecular cloud is carried out for the case when the unperturbed background is subject to local expansion or contraction. We consider the ambipolar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mohsen Nejad-Asghar , Jamshid Ghanbari

Linear analysis of the stability of diffuse clouds in the cold neutral medium with uniform magnetic field is performed. We consider that gas in equilibrium state is heated by cosmic rays, X-rays and electronic photoeffect on the surface of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 Alexander E. Dudorov , Constantine E. Stepanov , Sergey O. Fomin , Sergey A. Khaibrakhmanov