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Jan 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #434.39; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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Parker instability arises from the presence of magnetic fields in a plasma such as the interstellar medium (ISM), wherein the magnetic buoyant pressure expels the gas and causes the gas to move along the field lines. The subsequent gravitational collapse of the plasma gas is thought to be responsible for the formation of giant molecular clouds in the Galaxy. The process of clump formation in the ISM near the Galactic plane is investigated. The initial ISM is assumed to consist of two fluids: plasma gas and cosmic-ray particles, in hydrostatic equilibrium, coupled with a uniform, azimuthally-aligned magnetic field. The evolution of the instability is explored in two models: an isothermal exponential-declining density model and a two-layered, hyperbolic tangent temperature model. After a small perturbation, the unstable gas aggregates at the bottom of the magnetic loops and forms dense blobs. The growth rate of the instability decreases as the coupling between the cosmic rays and the plasma becomes stronger (meaning a smaller CR diffusion coefficient). The mixing is enhanced by the cosmic-ray diffusion, while the shape of the condensed gas depends sensitively on the initial equilibrium conditions. In the hyperbolic tangent temperature model, a more concentrated and round shape of clumps like the giant molecular cloud is observed at the foot points of rising magnetic arches. Conversely, in the exponential density model, a filamentary morphology of the clumpy structure is attained.
Lo Ying-Yi
Wang Chih-Yueh
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