Kelvin-Helmholtz and thermal-dynamic instabilities with self-gravity: A new gravitational interface instability

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 852-865

  Hunter Jr , James H ^a   Whitaker, Rodney W ^b   Lovelace, Richard V E ^c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Instabilities; ISM: clouds; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744455368     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304154     Document Type: Article

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