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Dynamics of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Density Wave Potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Masataka Fukunaga  and
Makoto Tosa
Masataka Fukunaga
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Makoto Tosa
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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We performed an N-body simulation of a system of gravitating particles modeling the system of stable Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) in the background density wave potential. The system of gravitating GMCs forms shocks in the spiral potential well, and shows a prominent spiral structure.

Type
II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 115: Star Forming Regions , 1987 , pp. 539 - 541
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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