Solenoidal turbulent modes and star formation efficiency in Galactic-plane molecular clouds

It is speculated that the high star-formation efficiency observed in spiral-arm molecular clouds is linked to the prevalence of compressive (curl-free) turbulent modes, while the shear-driven solenoidal (divergence-free) modes appear to be the main cause of the low star-formation efficiency that cha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2022-06
Hauptverfasser:	Rani, Raffaele, Moore, Toby J T, Eden, David J, Rigby, Andrew J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Efficiency Fractions Galactic structure Molecular clouds Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Star & galaxy formation Star formation rate Turbulence
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