Numerical and semi-analytic core mass distributions in supersonic isothermal turbulence

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 516, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Schmidt, W ^a,b   Kern, S A W ^b,c   Federrath, C ^c,d   Klessen, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hydrodynamics; ISM: clouds; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; methods: numerical; stars: formation; turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLENOIDS; STABILITY CRITERIA; STARS; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTIC CORE; ANALYTIC MODELS; ANALYTICAL THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL BOX; DENSITY FIELDS; DIVERGENCE FREE; DRIVING MECHANISM; FINDING ALGORITHM; GRID CELL SIZE; GRID POINTS; GRID RESOLUTION; INITIAL MASS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; ISM : CLOUDS; ISM: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; LENGTH SCALE; MASS DENSITIES; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MASS FUNCTIONS; METHODS: NUMERICALS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POWER LAW REGIME; STARS: FORMATION; STOCHASTIC FORCING; SUPERSONIC TURBULENCE; THERMAL PRESSURE; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT MOTION; TURBULENT PRESSURE;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77957840510     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913904     Document Type: Article

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