Turbulent dissipation in the interstellar medium: implications for galaxy formation and evolution

We study turbulent dissipation in the ISM and explore some implications forgalaxy formation and evolution using 2D MHD numerical simulations of compress-ible uids. The turbulent kinetic energy Ek is injected by stellar sources formedself-consistently in the simulation. In the ISM-like uid, regimes o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vladimir Avila Reese, Enrique Vázquez Semadeni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57100913
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57100913
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
In the ISM
like uid
ible uids
Ek(t) decays (1+t)
consistently in the simulation
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Sumario:We study turbulent dissipation in the ISM and explore some implications forgalaxy formation and evolution using 2D MHD numerical simulations of compress-ible uids. The turbulent kinetic energy Ek is injected by stellar sources formedself-consistently in the simulation. In the ISM-like uid, regimes of both forced anddecaying turbulence coexist. In the active turbulent regions (forced regime), Ek isdissipated locally and eciently. In the decaying regime (far from input sources),Ek(t) decays (1+t)