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Filament Formation in Molecular Clouds as a Scale-Free Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni  and
Gilberto Gómez
Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni
Affiliation:
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, UNAM Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701, Morelia, Michoacán, México email: e.vazquez,gilgo@crya.unam.mx
Gilberto Gómez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, UNAM Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701, Morelia, Michoacán, México email: e.vazquez,gilgo@crya.unam.mx
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Abstract

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We discuss the formation of filaments in molecular clouds (MCs) as the result of large-scale collapse in the clouds. We first give arguments suggesting that self-gravity dominates the nonthermal motions, and then briefly describe the resulting structure, similar to that found in molecular-line and dust observations of the filaments in the clouds. The filaments exhibit a hierarchical structure in both density and velocity, suggesting a scale-free nature, similar to that of the cosmic web, resulting from the domination of self-gravity from the MC down to the core scale.

Keywords

GravitationISM: cloudsISM: structure
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 709 - 710
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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