Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006mnras.368..759k&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 368, Issue 2, pp. 759-768.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magnetic Fields, Mhd, Ism: Kinematics And Dynamics, Galaxies: Ism
Scientific paper
We study Parker instability (PI) operating in a non-adiabatic, gravitationally stratified, interstellar medium. We discuss models with two kinds of heating mechanisms. The first one results from photoionization models. The other, relying on supplemental sources, has been postulated by Reynolds, Haffner & Tufte. The cooling rate, corresponding to radiative losses, is an approximation to the one given by Dalgarno & McCray. An unperturbed state of the system represents a magnetohydrostatic and thermal equilibrium. We perform linear stability analysis by solving the boundary value problem. We find that the maximum growth rate of PI rises for increasing magnitudes of non-adiabatic effects. In the pure photoionization model, the maximum growth rate of the general non-adiabatic case coincides with the isothermal limit. Adding other sources of heat leads to a maximum growth rate that is larger than the one corresponding to the isothermal limit. We find that the influence of the supplemental heating on PI also leads to a decrease in temperature in magnetic valleys. Finally, we conclude that the initial gas cooling due to the action of PI may promote a subsequent onset of thermal instability in magnetic valleys and formation of giant molecular clouds.
Hanasz Michal
Kosiński R.
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