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

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dc.contributor.authorLaRosa, Theodore N.
dc.contributor.authorShore, Steven N.
dc.contributor.authorMagnani, Loris Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T20:18:34Z
dc.date.available2021-05-13T20:18:34Z
dc.date.issued1998-09
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.format.extent22 pages
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/26443
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.rightsThis work may be protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.
dc.subject.lcshMolecular clouds
dc.titleA Dynamical Study of the Non-Star Forming Translucent Molecular Cloud MBM16: Evidence for Shear Driven Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium
dc.typeArticle

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