Molecular cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium

We use a simple one-zone model of the thermal and chemical evolution of interstellar gas to study whether molecular hydrogen (H2) is ever an important coolant of the warm, diffuse interstellar medium (ISM).We demonstrate that at solar metallicity, H2 cooling is unimportant and the thermal evolution...

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Hauptverfasser: Glover, Simon (VerfasserIn) , Clark, Paul C. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2014
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2013, Jahrgang: 437, Heft: 1, Pages: 9-20
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stt1809
Online-Zugang:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1809
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/437/1/9/992280
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Verfasserangaben:Simon C.O. Glover and Paul C. Clark
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Zusammenfassung:We use a simple one-zone model of the thermal and chemical evolution of interstellar gas to study whether molecular hydrogen (H2) is ever an important coolant of the warm, diffuse interstellar medium (ISM).We demonstrate that at solar metallicity, H2 cooling is unimportant and the thermal evolution of the ISM is dominated by metal-line cooling.
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ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stt1809