Magnetorotationally driven galactic turbulence and the formation of giant molecular clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 599, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1157-1172

  Kim, Woong Tae ^a,b   Ostriker, Eve C ^a,b,c   Stone, James M ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: ISM; Instabilities; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; ISM: magnetic fields; MHD; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931789     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379367     Document Type: Article

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