Stability of similarity solutions for a gravitationally contracting isothermal sphere: Convergence to the larson-penston solution

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 484, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 238-244

  Hanawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Nakayama, Kunji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Instabilities; ISM: clouds; Stars: formation

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EID: 21744436162     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304315     Document Type: Article

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