0125026 - ASU-R 20020122 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Palouš, Jan - Ehlerová, Soňa - Elmegreen, B. G.
The triggered star formation in rotating disks.
Astrophysics and Space Science. Roč. 281, 1-2 (2002), s. 101-104. ISSN 0004-640X. E-ISSN 1572-946X
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA3003705; GA AV ČR KSK1048102
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z1003909
Keywords : star formation * interstellar medium
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
Impact factor: 0.383, year: 2002

The gravitational instability of expanding shells triggering the formation of clouds and stars is analyzed. Disks with different scale-heights, ambient and shell velocity dispersions, mind-plane densities, rotation rates and shear rates are explored.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0023285