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Fragmentation of Gas Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. J. Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
J. C. Lattanzio
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University

Extract

A common test for hydrodynamic calculations is the Boss and Bodenheimer (1979, 1981, hereafter BB) problem in which an isothermal, spherical cloud of 1 M is given a cos (2Φ) density perturbation and the ensuing evolution studied.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1984

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