The ambipolar diffusion time scale and the location of star formation in magnetic interstellar gas clouds

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Dec 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-627X), vol. 275, Dec. 15, 1983, p. 836, 837.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Ambipolar Diffusion, Interstellar Gas, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Clouds, Molecular Clouds, Star Distribution, Star Formation, Scale (Ratio), Time

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We discuss use of a time scale to describe ambipolar diffusion in magnetic gas clouds. We indicate the requirements for a "proper" definition near a locus of symmetry in such a cloud. It is shown that the conclusion of Mouschovias, viz., that star formation may occur in an off-center ring rather than at the center of a cloud, is not correct because it rests on the use of a definition for the time scale which is "improper".

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