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Table 2

Observed/assumed CND and derived cloud properties within the turbulent clumpy disk model.

Obs. Model

Alfvén velocitya v A 1 km s-1

disk radius R 2 pc
CND gas mass M CND 104 M
rotation velocity v rot 110 km   s-1
CND velocity dispersion v turb 20 km   s-1
Toomre parameter Q 100
disk height H 0.36 pc

Mass accretion rateb 1–10 × 10-3 M   yr-1

cloud
area filling factor ΦA 0.1 0.26
volume filling factor ΦV 0.01 0.035
mass M cl 30 30 M
size l cl 0.1 0.1 pc
velocity dispersion v cl 7–15 7 km   s-1
density ρ cl 105−6 106 cm-3
column density N cl 0.3–3 3 1023  cm-2

Notes. 

(a)

The Alfvén velocity is assumed to be constant over all scales.

(b)

Derived quantities. The range corresponds to ν = ΦVvturbH and ν = ΦAvturbH.

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