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A Model for the Interaction between Stars and Gas in the Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Wei-Hwan Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Joel N. Bregman
Affiliation:
NRAO, Charlottesville, Virginia

Abstract

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A global model for the ISM is described in which separate fluids of stars and gas interact through star formation, mass loss, stellar heating, and gaseous cooling processes. In all simulations, a steady state develops in which rarefied ionized regions separate ridges of neutral gas.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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