Effects of suprathermal grains |
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Authors: | S. P. Tarafdar N. C. Wickramasinghe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, University College, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Grains ejected from stars at velocities of 107 cm s–1 and/or grains accelerated by the pressure of starlight in the intercloud medium to velocities in the range 2×106–107 cm s–1 are slowed to velocities of about 2×105 cm s–1 in a typical interstellar cloud. The interaction of fast grains with gas atoms as they are slowed in clouds could provide (a) the dominant heat source for interstellar clouds; (b) sites for molecule formation; and (c) a mechanism of providing a pressure balance between clouds and the intercloud medium.Paper presented at the Symposium on Solid State Astrophysics, held at the University College, Cardiff, Wales, between 9–12 July, 1974. |
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