The Origin of Giant Molecular Clouds

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Aug 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004arep...48..629s&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, vol. 48, Issue 8, p.629-637

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The parameters of molecular clouds formed via the Parker instability with dominant radiative losses are estimated. In this scenario, the cloud parameters (such as their mean densities and masses) should depend on galactocentric radius. This dependence is determined mainly by radial variations of the gas metallicity and the flux of heating radiation in the Galaxy. Due to the development of the interchange mode of the Parker instability, the angular momentum of the clouds will not necessarily be parallel to the galactic rotation axis.

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