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Jeans mass
  جرم ِ جینز   
jerm-e Jeans (#)

Fr.: masse de Jeans   

The → minimum mass for an → interstellar cloud below which the → thermal pressure of the gas prevents its → collapse under the force of its own → gravity. It is given by the formula MJ = (π5/2 / 6) G -3/2ρ0-1/2cs3, where G is the → gravitational constant, ρ0 the initial → density, and cs the isothermal → sound speed. It can be approximated to MJ ~ 45 (TK) 3/2 (ncm-3) -1/2 in units of solar masses, where TK is the temperature in → Kelvin, and ncm-3 the gas density per cm3. High density favors collapse, while high temperature favors larger Jeans mass. See also: → thermal Jeans mass, → turbulent Jeans mass.

Jeans; → mass.

thermal Jeans mass
  جرم ِ جینز ِ گرمایی   
jerme-e Jeans-e garmâyi

Fr.: masse de Jeans thermique   

The → Jeans mass when → turbulence is insignificant.

thermal; → Jeans; → mass.

turbulent Jeans mass
  جرم ِ جینز ِ آشوبناک   
jerm-e Jeans-e âšubnâk

Fr.: masse de Jeans turbulente   

The characteristic mass for → cloud fragmentation in a → turbulent medium. While the standard → Jeans mass depends simply on the gas mean → density and → temperature, and fragmentation is purely gravitational, turbulent Jeans mass depends strongly also on the → Mach number (Chabrier et al. 2014, arXiv:1409.8466).

turbulent; → Jeans; → mass.