Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983apj...273..243f&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 273, Oct. 1, 1983, p. 243-248.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
68
Milky Way Galaxy, Protostars, Star Formation, Stellar Winds, Astronomical Models, Molecular Clouds, Plasma Interactions
Scientific paper
Assuming that star formation regions are supported against gravity by winds from low mass young objects, the stellar birthrate obtained for winds interacting in the momentum conservation stage is correlated with the molecular gas density of the parent fragment as n to the 13/8 power or n to the 5/8 power, respectively, for rates/unit volume or rates/unit mass. Birthrates derived from protostellar rotationally driven winds are in good agreement with the observed star production in the cloud B18. With the aid of observed Taurus-Auriga complex properties, the present model is extrapolated to the Galaxy as a whole, yielding a Milky Way predicted average rate that is in good agreement with standard estimates based on observations of the solar neighborhood.
Cox Donald P.
Franco Jose
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