Rayleigh Taylor Instabilities in the Interstellar Medium

  • Marc Lachièze-Rey
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Part of the International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale book series (IAUS, volume 94)

Abstract

Parker (1966,1969) proposed that the interstellar medium could be subjected to instabilities, able to destroy its structure in a time shorter than the galactic evolution time. He emitted the idea that this phenomenon could lead to halo formation, escape of magnetic field and cosmic rays from the galaxy, via some sort of interstellar “bubbles”, and also to cloud formation. He showed then that if the interstellar medium was well represented by a simple horizontal stratified equilibrium model, perturbations would effectively grow and destroy the structure.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marc Lachièze-Rey
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  1. 1.Section d’AstrophysiqueCentre d’Etudes Nucléaires de SaclayFrance

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