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Fractal Structure in the Interstellar Medium of the Small Magellanic Cloud?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Snezana Stanimirović ,
L. Staveley-Smith ,
R. J. Sault ,
J. M. Dickey  and
S. L. Snowden
Snezana Stanimirović
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney Nepean, P.O. Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747, Australia
L. Staveley-Smith
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
R. J. Sault
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
J. M. Dickey
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
S. L. Snowden
Affiliation:
Code 662, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

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We use the spatial power spectrum for a statistical study of HI in the SMC in order to probe the intrinsic topology of the ISM. A remarkable power-law fit to the spatial power spectrum was found, supporting an alternative ISM model having a fractal nature resulting from interstellar turbulence.

Type
Part 2. Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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