Turbulence in the ISM (IMAGE)

Gauss Centre for Supercomputing

Turbulence in the ISM

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Turbulence shaping the interstellar medium. The image shows a slice through turbulent gas in the world's highest-resolution simulation of turbulence, published in Nature Astronomy. Turbulence produces strong density contrasts, so-called shocks (see zoom-in). The interaction of these shocks is believed to play a key role in the formation of stars.

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Federrath et al. Nature Astronomy. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-01282-z

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