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Gravitational virialization of molecular cloud fragments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Anthony Whitworth
Anthony Whitworth*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wales College of Cardiff, PO Box 913, Cardiff CF1 3TH, Wales, UK.

Abstract

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We argue that if gravitational interactions play an important role in the amplification and transfer of turbulent energy between sub-clouds of different scales in a GMC, then the Second Law of Thermodynamics requires that the transfer occur from smaller to larger scales, and hence that the seed-energy be injected on relatively small scales.

Type
Poster Sessions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 147: Fragmentation of Molecular Clouds and Star Formation , 1991 , pp. 515 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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