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On the Condensation of Interstellar Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

E. Schatzman*
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris, France

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One seeks the condition of spontaneous collapse of a layer of interstellar matter by the method of marginal stability. The radiation field is included in this treatment of the gas-dynamic properties of the interstellar material. The optical model used is that of Ambartsumian's, which neglects interlocking.

Type
Part IV: Cooling and Condensation of Interstellar Matter
Copyright
Copyright © American Physical Society 1958 

References

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