Gravitational and Dynamical Instabilities of a Decelerating Plane-Parallel Slab of Finite Thickness
1988 ◽
Vol 101
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pp. 509-512
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AbstractIn order to explore how supernova blast waves might catalyze star formation, we investigate the stability of a slab of decelerating gas of finite thickness. We examine the early work in the field by Elmegreen and Lada and Elmegreen and Elmegreen and demonstrate that it is flawed. Contrary to their claims, blast waves can indeed accelerate the rate of star formation in the interstellar medium. Also, we demonstrate that in an incompressible fluid, the symmetric and antisymmetric modes in the case of zero acceleration transform continuously into Rayleigh-Taylor and gravity-wave modes as acceleration grows more important.
1997 ◽
Vol 166
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pp. 413-416
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2010 ◽
Vol 74
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pp. 452-459
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1974 ◽
Vol 12
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pp. 859-864
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2004 ◽
Vol 217
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pp. 220-221
1962 ◽
Vol 58
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pp. 646-661
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2014 ◽
Vol 49
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pp. 196-201
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2012 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 325-336
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1996 ◽
Vol 60
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pp. 1293-1316
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2006 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 358-362