TURBULENCE SETS THE INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR STAR FORMATION IN HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS

Rathborne, JM, Longmore, SN, Jackson, JM, Kruijssen, JMD, Alves, JF, Bally, J, Bastian, N, Contreras, Y, Foster, JB, Garay, G, Testi, L and Walsh, AJ (2014) TURBULENCE SETS THE INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR STAR FORMATION IN HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 795 (2). ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

Despite the simplicity of theoretical models of supersonically turbulent, isothermal media, their predictions successfully match the observed gas structure
and star formation activity within low-pressure (P=k < 105 K cm

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
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Date of acceptance: 1 September 2014
Date of first compliant Open Access: 11 January 2016
Date Deposited: 27 May 2015 13:20
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 14:19
DOI or ID number: 10.1088/2041-8205/795/2/L25
URI: https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1313
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