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Interstellar turbulence is expected to dissipate quickly in the absence of continuous energy input. I examine the energy available for driving the turbulence from six likely mechanisms: magnetorotational instability, gravitational instability, protostellar outflows, H II region expansion, stellar winds, and supernovae. I conclude that supernovae contribute far more energy than the other mechanisms, and so form the most likely driving mechanism.
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Mac Low, MM. (2004). Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium. In: de Avillez, M.A., Breitschwerdt, D. (eds) From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0979-9_22
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