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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Autores: Vladimir Avila Reese, Enrique Vázquez Semadeni
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2000
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositório:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57100913
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57100913
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
In the ISM
like uid
ible uids
Ek(t) decays (1+t)
consistently in the simulation
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Resumo: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)