
arXiv: astro-ph/0108300
The process of star formation in interstellar molecular clouds is believed to be controlled by driven supersonic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We suggest that in the inertial range such turbulence obeys the Kolmogorov law, while in the dissipative range it behaves as Burgers turbulence developing shock singularities. On the base of the She-Leveque analytical model we then predict the velocity power spectrum in the inertial range to be E_k ~ k^{-1.74}. This result reproduces the observational Larson law, ~ l^{0.74...0.76}, [Larson, MNRAS 194 (1981) 809] and agrees well with recent numerical findings by Padoan and Nordlund [astro-ph/0011465]. The application of the model to more general dissipative structures, with higher fractal dimensionality, leads to better agreement with recent observational results.
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Astrophysics (astro-ph), Condensed Matter (cond-mat), Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter, Physics - Fluid Dynamics, Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD), Astrophysics, Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
Astrophysics (astro-ph), Condensed Matter (cond-mat), Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter, Physics - Fluid Dynamics, Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD), Astrophysics, Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
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