This title appears in the Scientific Report :
2016
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http://hdl.handle.net/2128/10414 in citations.
Formation of Star-Forming Clouds from the Magnetised, Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Formation of Star-Forming Clouds from the Magnetised, Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Molecular clouds, the birthplaces of stars in galaxies, form dynamically from the diffuse atomic gas of the interstellar medium (ISM). The ISM is also threaded by magnetic fields which have a large impact on its dynamics. In particular, star forming regions must be magnetically supercritical in orde...
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Personal Name(s): | Banerjee, R. (Corresponding author) |
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Körtgen, B. | |
Contributing Institute: |
John von Neumann - Institut für Computing; NIC |
Published in: |
NIC Symposium 2016 |
Imprint: |
Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Zentralbibliothek
2016
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Physical Description: |
51-59 |
Conference: | NIC Symposium 2016, Jülich (Germany), 2016-02-11 - 2016-02-12 |
Document Type: |
Contribution to a conference proceedings |
Research Program: |
ohne Topic |
Series Title: |
NIC Series
48 |
Link: |
OpenAccess OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Molecular clouds, the birthplaces of stars in galaxies, form dynamically from the diffuse atomic gas of the interstellar medium (ISM). The ISM is also threaded by magnetic fields which have a large impact on its dynamics. In particular, star forming regions must be magnetically supercritical in order to accommodate gas clumps which can collapse under their own weight. Based on a parameter study of three dimensional magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations, we show that the long-standing problem of how such supercritical regions are generated is still an open issue. |