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The Fragmentation of Expanding Shells: Cloud Formation Rates and Masses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Jan Palouš ,
Richard Wünsch  and
Soňa Ehlerová
Jan Palouš
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Richard Wünsch
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Soňa Ehlerová
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Abstract

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The gravitational instability of expanding shells is discussed. Linear and nonlinear terms are included in an analytical solution in the static and homogeneous medium. We discuss the interaction of modes and give the time needed for fragmentation. Masses of individual fragments are also estimated and their formation rates and the initial mass function are derived. Results of simulations are compared to observation.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 675 - 677
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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