Clustering and dynamic decoupling of dust grains in turbulent molecular clouds

@article{Mattsson2018ClusteringAD,
  title={Clustering and dynamic decoupling of dust grains in turbulent molecular clouds},
  author={Lars Mattsson and Akshay Bhatnagar and Frederick A. Gent and Beatriz Villarroel},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2018}
}
We present high-resolution (1024 3) simulations of super-/hypersonic isothermal hydrodynamic turbulence inside an interstellar molecular cloud (resolving scales of typically 20-100 au), including a ... 
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    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
  • 2018
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Erratum: Small-scale clustering of nano-dust grains in supersonic turbulence
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Effects of the Compressibility of Turbulence on the Dust Coagulation Process in Protoplanetary Disks
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Coagulation of inertial particles in supersonic turbulence
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Galactic dust evolution with rapid dust formation in the interstellar medium due to hypersonic turbulence
  • L. Mattsson
  • Physics
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • 2019
Turbulence can significantly accelerate the growth of dust grains by accretion of molecules. For dust dynamically coupled to the gas, the growth rate scales with the square of the Mach number,…
Dynamic role of dust in formation of molecular clouds
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Bow shocks, bow waves, and dust waves – II. Beyond the rip point
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On the grain-sized distribution of turbulent dust growth
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