markkrumholz
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7 years ago On 6 Feb 2017, at 2:57 PM, Erik Rosolowsky notifications@github.com wrote:
Hi @markkrumholz https://github.com/markkrumholz In Chapter 9, Equation 9.2, you refer to the mass of the GMC as the Toomre mass in this line https://github.com/Open-Astrophysics-Bookshelf/star_formation_notes/blob/master/chapters/chapter9.tex#L117, but that looks like the Jeans mass for a thin disk (to within a factor of π/4). Is this a typo or a case of me not understanding what you're getting at here?
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You’re right, it is the 2D Jeans mass, though that is in fact the same as the Toomre mass up to factors of order unity for Q ~ 1. However, this definitely should be fixed in the text. Thanks for catching it. Do you want to push a change, or would you like me to?
I will also look at the typo fixes you PR'ed earlier today some time in the next day or so.
-- Mark Krumholz http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~krumholz/
low-sky
Hi @markkrumholz
In Chapter 9, Equation 9.2, you refer to the mass of the GMC as the Toomre mass in this line, but that looks like the Jeans mass for a thin disk (to within a factor of π/4). Is this a typo or a case of me not understanding what you're getting at here?