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The mass distribution of unstable cores in turbulent magnetized clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Paolo Padoan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CASS/UCSD 0424, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0424, email: ppadoan@ucsd.edu
Åke Nordlund
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory/NBIfAFG, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alexei G. Kritsuk
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CASS/UCSD 0424, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0424, email: ppadoan@ucsd.edu
Michael L. Norman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CASS/UCSD 0424, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0424, email: ppadoan@ucsd.edu
Pak Shing Li
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Abstract

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The predictions of the Padoan and Nordlund IMF model are tested using the largest simulations of supersonic hydrodynamic (HD) and magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence to date (~10003 computational zones). The striking difference between the HD and MHD regimes, predicted by the model, is recovered.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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