The onset of large scale turbulence in the interstellar medium of spiral galaxies

DFG thanks the European Research Council (ADG-2011 ECOGAL), and Brazilian agencies CAPES (3400-13-1) and FAPESP (no.2011/12909-8) for financial support. IB acknowledges the European Research Council (ADG-2011 ECOGAL) for financial support. GK acknowledges support from FAPESP (grants no. 2013/04073-2 and 2013/18815-0).

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