Velocity and density spectra of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Details Velocity and density spectra of the Small Magellanic Cloud Velocity and density spectra of the Small Magellanic Cloud

2001-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102191v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in the ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/319837

This paper reports results on the statistical analysis of HI turbulence in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We use 21 cm channel maps, obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Parkes telescope, and analyze the spectrum of observed intensity fluctuations as a function of the velocity slice thickness. We confirm predictions by Lazarian & Pogosyan (2000) on the change of the power law index and establish the spectra of 3-D density and velocity. The obtained spectral indices, -3.3 and -3.4, are slightly more shallow than the predictions for the Kolmogorov spectrum. This contrasts to the predictions for the shock-type spectra that are steeper than the Kolmogorov one. The nature of the energy injection in the SMC is unclear as no distinct energy injection scales are observed up to the entire scale of the SMC.

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