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2010ApJ...720..603H - Astrophys. J., 720, 603-607 (2010/September-1)

Observational determination of the turbulent ambipolar diffusion scale and magnetic field strength in molecular clouds.

HEZAREH T., HOUDE M., McCOEY C. and LI H.-B.

Abstract (from CDS):

We study the correlation of the velocity dispersion of the coexisting molecules H13CN and H13CO+ and the turbulent energy dissipation scale in the DR21(OH) star-forming region. The downshift of the H13CO+ spectrum relative to H13CN is consistent with the presence of ambipolar diffusion at dissipation length scales that helps the process of turbulent energy dissipation, but at a different cutoff for ions compared with the neutrals. We use our observational data to calculate a turbulent ambipolar diffusion length scale L' =~ 17 mpc and a strength of Bpos=~ 1.7 mG for the plane of the sky component of the magnetic field in DR21(OH).

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: clouds - ISM: individual objects: DR21(OH) - ISM: magnetic fields - turbulence

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