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Galaxy formation by mock gravity with dust?Absorbing dust immersed in an isotropic radiation field experiences an attractive force, 'mock gravity', due to mutual shadowing, and the resulting mock gravitational instability can lead to clumping of dust and gas. The effects of mock gravity in the pre-Galactic universe are studied here, including imcomplete coupling of dust and gas, finite gas pressure, radiative drag both by the radiation that causes the instability and by the cosmic microwave background radiation, and finite albedo of dust, all of which have been neglected in the previous calculations. It is concluded that the radiation field implied by the submillimeter background is not strong enough to cause clumping of gas on scales of interest.
Document ID
19900025971
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Wang, Boqi
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Field, George B.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 346
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
90A13026
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-931
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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