Do lognormal column-density distributions in molecular clouds imply supersonic turbulence?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1089-1094

  Tassis, K ^a   Christie, D A ^b   Urban, A ^a   Pineda, J L ^a   Mouschovias, T Ch ^b   Yorke, H W ^a   Martel, H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; ISM: structure; Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical; Stars: formation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STARS; TURBULENCE;

COLUMN DENSITY; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ISM : CLOUDS; ISM: STRUCTURE; LOG-NORMAL; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; STARS FORMATION; SUPERSONIC TURBULENCE;

CLOUDS;

EID: 78649419503     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17181.x     Document Type: Article

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