A Dynamical Study of the Non-Star Forming Translucent Molecular Cloud MBM16: Evidence for Shear Driven Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium

LaRosa, Theodore N.; Shore, Steven N.; Magnani, Loris Alberto

A Dynamical Study of the Non-Star Forming Translucent Molecular Cloud MBM16: Evidence for Shear Driven Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium

dc.contributor.author	LaRosa, Theodore N.
dc.contributor.author	Shore, Steven N.
dc.contributor.author	Magnani, Loris Alberto
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-13T20:18:34Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-13T20:18:34Z
dc.date.issued	1998-09
dc.description.abstract	We present the results of a velocity correlation study of the high latitude cloud MBM16 using a fully sampled 12CO map, supplemented by new 13CO data. We find a correlation length of 0.4 pc. This is similar in size to the formaldehyde clumps described in our previous study. We associate this correlated motion with coherent structures within the turbulent flow. Such structures are generated by free shear flows. Their presence in this non-star forming cloud indicates that kinetic energy is being supplied to the internal turbulence by an external shear flow. Such large scale driving over long times is a possible solution to the dissipation problem for molecular cloud turbulence.	en
dc.format.extent	22 pages
dc.format.mimetype	PDF
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2022/26443
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Molecular clouds
dc.title	A Dynamical Study of the Non-Star Forming Translucent Molecular Cloud MBM16: Evidence for Shear Driven Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium	en
dc.type	Article	en

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