Dissipative Collapse of a Spherical Cluster of Gas Clouds

dc.contributor.author	Indulekha, K
dc.contributor.author	Vijayagovindan, G. V
dc.contributor.author	Ramadurai, S
dc.date.accessioned	2008-06-27T08:27:04Z
dc.date.available	2008-06-27T08:27:04Z
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 31, No. 3&4, pp. 447 - 450	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2518
dc.description.abstract	We investigate the time scale for the dissipative collapse of a spherical cluster of gas clouds by supplementing the scalar virial equation with an evolution equation for the energy. We find that collapse times are more than doubled even for low filling factors f ~ 10-2 - 10-3, for which support by supernovae, usually considered for galactic structure formation models is ineffective.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003BASI...31..447I	en
dc.subject	Galaxies:formation	en
dc.title	Dissipative Collapse of a Spherical Cluster of Gas Clouds	en
dc.type	Article	en