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Turbulence and magnetic fields in molecular clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. N. Henriksen
R. N. Henriksen*
Affiliation:
service d'astrophysique, batiment 528 c.e.n. saclay, 91191 gif sur yvette cedex, france E-mail @32779::henriksen.

Abstract

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in this paper I first review some of the simple structural concepts associated with compressible turbulence. In particular the hierarchical or self-similar fractal structure to be expected is formulated in a manner readily compared to the observations, and to previous work. In the next section I present the first results of a wavelet analysis on molecular clouds, which seem to comfirm the hierarchical scaling. I conclude with an extention of the theory to include magnetic fields. This latter theory represents an alternative to the more conventional dynamo theory.

Keywords

GravitationTurbulenceMagneticMolecularClouds
Type
Velocity Field and Magnetic Field
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 147: Fragmentation of Molecular Clouds and Star Formation , 1991 , pp. 83 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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