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Gravity versus magnetic fields in forming molecular clouds

Magnetic fields are dynamically important in the diffuse interstellar medium. Understanding how gravitationally bound, star-forming clouds form requires modeling of the fields in a self-consistent, supernova-driven, turbulent, magnetized, stratified disk. We employ the FLASH magnetohydrodynamics cod...

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Main Authors: Ibáñez Mejía, Juan Camilo (Author) , Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark (Author) , Klessen, Ralf S. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2022 February 4
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 925, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-14
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ac3b58
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3b58
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Author Notes:Juan C. Ibáñez-Mejía, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, and Ralf S. Klessen

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