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Cloud-Cloud Collisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. C. Lattanzio ,
J. J. Monaghan ,
H. Pongracic  and
M. P. Schwarz
J. C. Lattanzio
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
J. J. Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
H. Pongracic
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
M. P. Schwarz
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
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The classical model of the interstellar medium consists of cool clouds (typical temperature 80 K, number density 20-40 cm-3) moving through a warmer interstellar medium (104 K, 0.15-0.3 cm-3) at a rms velocity of ~ 10 km s-1. More recent models have included the coronal gas (106 K) as part of this medium. We consider the collisions of these clouds in order to determine whether these collisions initiate star formation and/or change the state of the interstellar medium.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , 1984 , pp. 495 - 498
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1984

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