N-Body Simulation of Giant Molecular Clouds in a Galaxy
Abstract
We madeN-body simulation of Giant Molecular Clouds in a model galaxy and confirmed that their random motion is generated and accelerated by purely gravitational interaction among them in some 107 8 yr. The results of the present simulation agree well with those of the previous theoretical calculation by Fukunaga (1984a, b).
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- January 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00651170
- Bibcode:
- 1986Ap&SS.118..463T
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Many Body Problem;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Molecular Clouds;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Random Processes;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Astrophysics