Supersonic turbulence and structure of interstellar molecular clouds
arXiv:astro-ph/0203452 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.031102
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.
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