Keywords
Ambipolar Diffusion
Gas Heating
Interstellar Matter
Molecular Clouds
Carbon Monoxide
Computational Astrophysics
Energy Distribution
Infrared Spectra
Spatial Resolution
Astrophysics
Molecular Clouds:Heating
Gas Heating
Interstellar Matter
Molecular Clouds
Carbon Monoxide
Computational Astrophysics
Energy Distribution
Infrared Spectra
Spatial Resolution
Astrophysics
Molecular Clouds:Heating
How to Cite
Heating of molecular cloud cores. (1987). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 14(1), 587-594. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/1987rmxaa..14..587l
Abstract
Following the work of Chu (1983), the present treatment of the role of ambipolar diffusion in the heating of molecular cloud cores calculates the quasistatic evolution of a plane-parallel self-gravitating slab of slightly ionized gas due to the ambipolar diffusion of the field. The temperature at each point of the cloud is computed in light of the most important heating and cooling processes; the results obtained are found to partially explain the thermal differences between the cores forming low- and high-mass stars.Similar Articles
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