Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium: a Retrospective Review
- Mechanism of Formation of Atmospheric Turbulence Relevant for Optical Astronomy
- Properties of Atomic Gas in Spiral Galaxies
- Turbulence in the Ionized Gas in Spiral Galaxies
- Probing Interstellar Turbulence in the Warm Ionized Medium using Emission Lines
- The Spectrum & Galactic Distribution of MicroTurbulence in Diffuse Ionized Gas
- Small Scale Structure and Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium
- What is the Reynolds Number of the Reynolds' Layer?
- Photoionized Gas in the Galactic Halo
- Turbulent Heating of the Diffuse Ionized Gas
- Cosmic Rays in Interstellar Turbulence
- Turbulence in Line-Driven Stellar Winds
- An Introduction to Compressible MHD Turbulence
- Turbulence in Atomic Hydrogen
- Supershells in Spiral Galaxies
- The Size Distribution of Superbubbles in the Interstellar Medium
- Large-Scale Motions in the ISM of Elliptical and Spiral Galaxies
- Vortical Motions Driven by Supernova Explosions
- The Intermittent Dissipation of Turbulence: is it Observed in the Interstellar Medium?
- Chemistry in Turbulent Flows
- Supersonic Turbulence in Giant Extragalactic HII Regions
- Turbulence in HII regions: New results
- Hypersonic Turbulence of H2O Masers
- Water Masers Tracing Alfvenic Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in W51 M and W49 N
- Turbulence in the Ursa Major cirrus cloud
- The Collisions of HVCs with a Magnetized Gaseous Disk
- The Initial Stellar Mass Function as a Statistical Sample of Turbulent Cloud Structure
- The Structure of Molecular Clouds: are they Fractal?
- Diagnosing Properties of Turbulent Flows from Spectral Line Observations of the Molecular Interstellar Medium
- Centroid Velocity Increments as a Probe of the Turbulent Velocity Field in Interstellar Molecular Clouds
- High-Resolution C18O Mapping Observations of Heiles' Cloud 2 – Statistical Properties of the Line Width –
- Observations of Magnetic Fields in Dense Interstellar Clouds: Implications for MHD Turbulence and Cloud Evolution
- The Density PDFs of Supersonic Random Flows
- Turbulence as an Organizing Agent in the ISM
- Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection in the Interstellar Medium
- The Evolution of Self-Gravitating, Magnetized, Turbulent Clouds: Numerical Experiments
- Super–Alfvénic Turbulent Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds
- Decay Timescales of MHD Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
- Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic Studies of Turbulence and Star Formation
- Direct Numerical Simulations of Compressible Magnetohydrodynamical Turbulence
- Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds: The Formation of a Stellar Cluster
- Accretion Disk Turbulence
- List of participants
Contents
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium: a Retrospective Review
- Mechanism of Formation of Atmospheric Turbulence Relevant for Optical Astronomy
- Properties of Atomic Gas in Spiral Galaxies
- Turbulence in the Ionized Gas in Spiral Galaxies
- Probing Interstellar Turbulence in the Warm Ionized Medium using Emission Lines
- The Spectrum & Galactic Distribution of MicroTurbulence in Diffuse Ionized Gas
- Small Scale Structure and Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium
- What is the Reynolds Number of the Reynolds' Layer?
- Photoionized Gas in the Galactic Halo
- Turbulent Heating of the Diffuse Ionized Gas
- Cosmic Rays in Interstellar Turbulence
- Turbulence in Line-Driven Stellar Winds
- An Introduction to Compressible MHD Turbulence
- Turbulence in Atomic Hydrogen
- Supershells in Spiral Galaxies
- The Size Distribution of Superbubbles in the Interstellar Medium
- Large-Scale Motions in the ISM of Elliptical and Spiral Galaxies
- Vortical Motions Driven by Supernova Explosions
- The Intermittent Dissipation of Turbulence: is it Observed in the Interstellar Medium?
- Chemistry in Turbulent Flows
- Supersonic Turbulence in Giant Extragalactic HII Regions
- Turbulence in HII regions: New results
- Hypersonic Turbulence of H2O Masers
- Water Masers Tracing Alfvenic Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in W51 M and W49 N
- Turbulence in the Ursa Major cirrus cloud
- The Collisions of HVCs with a Magnetized Gaseous Disk
- The Initial Stellar Mass Function as a Statistical Sample of Turbulent Cloud Structure
- The Structure of Molecular Clouds: are they Fractal?
- Diagnosing Properties of Turbulent Flows from Spectral Line Observations of the Molecular Interstellar Medium
- Centroid Velocity Increments as a Probe of the Turbulent Velocity Field in Interstellar Molecular Clouds
- High-Resolution C18O Mapping Observations of Heiles' Cloud 2 – Statistical Properties of the Line Width –
- Observations of Magnetic Fields in Dense Interstellar Clouds: Implications for MHD Turbulence and Cloud Evolution
- The Density PDFs of Supersonic Random Flows
- Turbulence as an Organizing Agent in the ISM
- Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection in the Interstellar Medium
- The Evolution of Self-Gravitating, Magnetized, Turbulent Clouds: Numerical Experiments
- Super–Alfvénic Turbulent Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds
- Decay Timescales of MHD Turbulence in Molecular Clouds
- Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic Studies of Turbulence and Star Formation
- Direct Numerical Simulations of Compressible Magnetohydrodynamical Turbulence
- Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds: The Formation of a Stellar Cluster
- Accretion Disk Turbulence
- List of participants
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- Interstellar Turbulence , pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999