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Turbulence in the interstellar medium
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dc.contributor.author | Falceta-Goncalves, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kowal, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Falgarone, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chian, A. C. -L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-11T15:01:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-11T15:01:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05-16 | |
dc.identifier | 139599612 | |
dc.identifier | 8e205de9-e8da-4110-8dbf-90ff0b3990f6 | |
dc.identifier | 000338651000002 | |
dc.identifier | 84901401435 | |
dc.identifier | 000338651000002 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Falceta-Goncalves , D , Kowal , G , Falgarone , E & Chian , A C -L 2014 , ' Turbulence in the interstellar medium ' , Nonlinear processes in geophysics , vol. 21 , no. 3 , pp. 587-604 . https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-587-2014 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1023-5809 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/5108 | |
dc.description | D. Falceta-Gonçalves thanks the European Research Council (ADG-2011 ECOGAL) and Brazilian agencies CNPq (no. 300382/2008-1), CAPES (3400-13-1) and FAPESP (no. 2011/12909-8) for financial support. G. Kowal acknowledges support from FAPESP grant no. 2013/04073-2. A. C.-L. Chian thanks the European Commission for the award of a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship and CNPq for support. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Turbulence is ubiquitous in the insterstellar medium and plays a major role in several processes such as the formation of dense structures and stars, the stability of molecular clouds, the amplification of magnetic fields, and the re-acceleration and diffusion of cosmic rays. Despite its importance, interstellar turbulence, like turbulence in general, is far from being fully understood. In this review we present the basics of turbulence physics, focusing on the statistics of its structure and energy cascade. We explore the physics of compressible and incompressible turbulent flows, as well as magnetised cases. The most relevant observational techniques that provide quantitative insights into interstellar turbulence are also presented. We also discuss the main difficulties in developing a three-dimensional view of interstellar turbulence from these observations. Finally, we briefly present what the main sources of turbulence in the interstellar medium could be. | |
dc.format.extent | 18 | |
dc.format.extent | 1685961 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nonlinear processes in geophysics | en |
dc.subject | Small-magellanic-cloud | en |
dc.subject | Galactic molecular clouds | en |
dc.subject | Compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence | en |
dc.subject | Magnetic-field turbulence | en |
dc.subject | Power spectrum analysis | en |
dc.subject | Universal scaling laws | en |
dc.subject | Solar-wind | en |
dc.subject | MHD turbulence | en |
dc.subject | Star-formation | en |
dc.subject | H2O masers | en |
dc.subject | QB Astronomy | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QB | en |
dc.title | Turbulence in the interstellar medium | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5194/npg-21-587-2014 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/21/587/2014/ | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | en |
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