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Temperature Fluctuations and Evolution of Dust Grains in Dense Interstellar Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

S. Aiello
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-GIFCO, Firenze, Italy
B. Barsella
Affiliation:
Istituto di Astronomia, Pisa, Italy
C. Cecchi-Pestellini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-GIFCO, Firenze, Italy
F. Ferrini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Astronomia, Pisa, Italy
F. Mencaraglia
Affiliation:
IROE-CNR, Firenze, Italy
A. Rosolia
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-GIFCO, Firenze, Italy

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Interstellar extinction studies (Chlewicki et al, 1984), as well as IR observations (Sellgren et al, 1983) require the presence in the interstellar medium of a substantial number of small (a≲0.01 μm) dust grains. The temperature of such small grains is subjected, because of their small steady-state energy, to large fluctuations as they absorb photons from the incident radiation, which could prevent the accretion on such grains (Greenberg and Hong, 1974).

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I. Star Forming Processes in the Solar Neighborhood
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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