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| Jan 26, 2015 at 8:44 | comment | added | Walter | @HugoRune I edited the question somewhat, but yes, it is somewhat similar to the Brownian motion, except that the expectation value is much larger. Don't forget that the ISM is not smooth, but has structure on many scales (while a gas has only the molecular structure and is smooth on larger scales up to macroscopic scales, when there may be structure again). | |
| Jan 26, 2015 at 8:42 | history | edited | Walter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2015 at 19:40 | comment | added | HugoRune | I guess I do not see how an arbitrary gaseous object can have spin. Wouldn't random interactions with other objects tend to cancel out? It seems similar to expecting large-scale objects to move because of brownian motion. | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 19:11 | history | answered | Walter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |