On the probability density function of galactic gas. I. Numerical simulations and the significance of the polytropic index

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 504, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 835-853

  Scalo, John ^a   Vázquez Semadeni, Enrique ^b   Chappell, David ^a   Passot, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Instabilities; ISM: general; Methods: Numerical; MHD; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044452949     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306099     Document Type: Article

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