'Coronae' of rotating interstellar clouds

Details 'Coronae' of rotating interstellar clouds 'Coronae' of rotating interstellar clouds

Jul 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...231l..83r&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 231, July 15, 1979, p. L83-L86. Research supported by the Smithsonia

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Coronas, Interstellar Gas, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Rotating Matter, Angular Momentum, Gas Heating, Momentum Transfer

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This letter considers differential rotation of cool interstellar clouds in the presence of internal magnetic fields, and shows that because of the relative ineffectiveness of field dissipation within the clouds, magnetized gas experiences buoyant forces. The resulting field loops emerge from the cloud and dissipate their energy by field reconnection. The consequent heating is sufficient to produce relatively hot (T approximately 10,000 K) 'coronae' about the clouds.

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