Multifractal scaling, geometrical diversity, and hierarchical structure in the cool interstellar medium

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 551, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 712-729

  Chappell, David ^a   Scalo, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: ISM; ISM: clouds; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: image processing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035918127     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320242     Document Type: Article

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