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Here we present results from simulations of turbulence in star forming environments obtained by coupling three-dimensional hydrodynamical models with appropriate chemical processes. We investigate regimes of decaying high-speed molecular turbulence. Here we analyse PDFs of density for the volume, mass, molecular mass and the energy distribution over the range of scales. We compare our results to those previously obtained for isothermal turbulence and suggest possible explanations.
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Pavlovski, G., Smith, M.D., Mac Low, M. et al. Hydrodynamical Simulations of Molecular Dynamics in Supersonic Turbulent Flow. Astrophysics and Space Science 292, 69–75 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASTR.0000045002.62859.14
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