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Fig. 5
Comparison of the Toomre parameter values computed for the background disk (Qdisk), the mean value (Qmean), and the minimum values corresponding to the effects of the fragments and spiral arms (corresponding to Qmin). These curves were calculated with run x16, and they are time-averaged for the fragmentation epoch.
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