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Environmental Dependencies for Star Formation Triggered by Expanding Shell Collapse
Bruce G. Elmegreen, Jan Palous, Sona Ehlerova
Criteria for gravitational collapse of expanding shells in rotating, shearing galaxy disks were determined using three-dimensional numerical simulations in the thin shell approxima…
astro-ph2002★ 2 cited
The triggered star formation in rotating disks
J. Palous, S. Ehlerova, B. G. Elmegreen
The gravitational instability of expanding shells triggering the formation of clouds and stars is analyzed. Disks with different scale-heights, ambient and shell velocity dispersio…