Ubiquitous velocity fluctuations throughout the molecular interstellar medium

The density structure of the interstellar medium determines where stars form and release energy, momentum and heavy elements, driving galaxy evolution1-4. Density variations are seeded and amplified by gas motion, but the exact nature of this motion is unknown across spatial scales and galactic envi...

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Main Authors: Henshaw, Jonathan D. (Author) , Kruijssen, Diederik (Author) , Longmore, Steven N. (Author) , Riener, Manuel (Author) , Leroy, Adam K. (Author) , Rosolowsky, Erik (Author) , Ginsburg, Adam (Author) , Battersby, Cara (Author) , Chevance, Mélanie (Author) , Meidt, Sharon E. (Author) , Glover, Simon (Author) , Hughes, Annie (Author) , Kainulainen, Jouni (Author) , Klessen, Ralf S. (Author) , Schinnerer, Eva (Author) , Schruba, Andreas (Author) , Beuther, Henrik (Author) , Bigiel, Frank (Author) , Blanc, Guillermo A. (Author) , Emsellem, Eric (Author) , Henning, Thomas (Author) , Herrera, Cynthia N. (Author) , Koch, Eric W. (Author) , Pety, Jérôme (Author) , Ragan, Sarah E. (Author) , Sun, Jiayi (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 06 July 2020
In: Nature astronomy
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 11, Pages: 1064-1071
ISSN:2397-3366
DOI:10.1038/s41550-020-1126-z
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1126-z
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Author Notes:Jonathan D. Henshaw, J.M. Diederik Kruijssen, Steven N. Longmore, Manuel Riener, Adam K. Leroy, Erik Rosolowsky, Adam Ginsburg, Cara Battersby, Mélanie Chevance, Sharon E. Meidt, Simon C.O. Glover, Annie Hughes, Jouni Kainulainen, Ralf S. Klessen, Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Schruba, Henrik Beuther, Frank Bigiel, Guillermo A. Blanc, Eric Emsellem, Thomas Henning, Cynthia N. Herrera, Eric W. Koch, Jérôme Pety, Sarah E. Ragan and Jiayi Sun

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