title: Supersonic turbulence and structure of interstellar molecular clouds.
abstract: The interstellar medium provides a unique laboratory for highly supersonic, driven hydrodynamic turbulence. We propose a theory of such turbulence, test it by numerical simulations, and use the results to explain observational scaling properties of interstellar molecular clouds, the regions where stars are born.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boldyrev
authors.forename: Ake
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nordlund
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padoan