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Compression of interstellar clouds in spiral density-wave shocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Paul R. Woodward
Paul R. Woodward*
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.

Abstract

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A mechanism of triggering star formation by galactic shocks is discussed.

Type
III. SPIRAL STRUCTURE
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 159 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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