Magnetomechanical supersonic waves in dark molecular clouds

Citation
J. Yang et Si. Bastrukov, Magnetomechanical supersonic waves in dark molecular clouds, J KOR PHYS, 37(3), 2000, pp. L158-L161
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
03744884 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L158 - L161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0374-4884(200009)37:3<L158:MSWIDM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We propose and investigate the magnetoelastodynamic mechanism of the wave m otions of poorly ionized superparamagnetic gas-dust interstellar medium cap able of sustaining long-ranged magnetization. It is suggested that the mole cular linewidths inferred from recent Zeeman measurements of the magnetic f ield toward the core position in dark interstellar molecular clouds may be due to transverse magnetomechanical waves traveling with supersonic, but su b-Alfvenic, speed.