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The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds

Year: 1999

Type: preprint

Abstract: Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the sites of star formation in the Galaxy. Many of their properties can be understood in terms of a model in which the GMCs and the star-forming clumps within them are in approximate pressure equilibrium, with turbulent motions treated as a separate pressure component.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9901370

Author: McKee, Christopher F.

Institutions: Institute for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W3133603420

Cites: 4

Cited by: 2

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