Star formation via interaction of shocks with molecular clouds

Pongracic, H., Chapman, J., Disney, Michael John, Nelsoni, A. H., Turner, J. and Whitworth, Anthony Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1178-5486 1994. Star formation via interaction of shocks with molecular clouds. Presented at: Proceedings of the First UNAM-CRAY Supercomputing Workshop, 'Numerical Simulations in Astrophysics: Modelling the Dynamics of the Universe' held in, Mexico City, Mexico, 26-30 July 1993. Numerical simulations in astrophysics : proceedings of the first UNAM-CRAY supercomputing workshop, Numerical Simulations in Astrophysics : Modelling the Dynamics of the Universe held in Mexico City, México, July 26-30, 1993. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 316-327.

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Abstract

One mechanism whereby regions of molecular clouds can become locally unstable to collapse and form stars is shock compression. Here the authors investigate the compression arising from a shock (from a supernova remnant for example) overrunning a molecular cloud and determine under what conditions it becomes locally unstable to gravitational collapse. Preliminary results from 3-D hydrodynamic simulations (using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Tree Code Gravity) are presented.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Additional Information:	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994nsa..book..355P
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9780521462389
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 07:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/74105

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