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ON THE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION IN STAR-FORMING INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

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Kritsuk, Alexei G., Norman, Michael L., Wagner, Rick·2011·The Astrophysical Journal
DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/727/1/l20
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We use deep adaptive mesh refinement simulations of isothermal self-gravitating supersonic turbulence to study the imprints of gravity on the mass density distribution in molecular clouds. The simulations show that the density distribution in self-gravitating clouds develops an extended power-law tail at high densities on top of the usual lognormal. We associate the origin of the tail with self-similar collapse solutions and predict the power index values in the range from −7/4 to −3/2 that agree with both simulations and observations of star-forming molecular clouds.

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Authors
Kritsuk, A. G., Norman, M. L., & Wagner, R.
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Published
2010-12-29
Volume
727
Issue
1
Pages
L20
ISSN
  • 2041-8205 (ISSN-L)
  • 2041-8213
DOI
10.1088/2041-8205/727/1/l20
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267
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7.48
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journal article
Language
en
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Kritsuk, A. G., Norman, M. L., & Wagner, R. (2011). ON THE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION IN STAR-FORMING INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/727/1/l20

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