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Magnetic Fields and Shocks in Molecular Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. E. Byleveld ,
D. B. Melrose  and
H. Pongracic
S. E. Byleveld
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
H. Pongracic
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
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Abstract

We discuss the expected properties of shocks in molecular clouds when the effect of a magnetic field is included. The results suggest that shocks should have magnetic precursors, and may be C-shocks rather than J-shocks, but the observations are not obviously consistent with this prediction. The effect of these shock properties on cloud collisions triggering star formation is discussed.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 58 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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