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Jeans instability of interstellar gas clouds in the background of weakly interacting massive particles

David Tsiklauri

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9805271

Abstract

Criterion of the Jeans instability of interstellar gas clouds which are gravitationally coupled with weakly interacting massive particles is revisited. It is established that presence of the dark matter always reduces the Jeans length, and in turn, Jeans mass of the interstellar gas clouds. Astrophysical implications of this effect are discussed.

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