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The Structure and Evolution of Dense Cores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Gary A. Puller
Gary A. Puller*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK

Abstract

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A small fraction of the mass of a molecular cloud is in dense, gravitationally bound structures many of which eventually form stars. This paper reviews some of the important properties of these dense cores. Ideas about the formation of these cores are summarised and recent observational results on the structure and evolution of cores reviewed.

Type
IV. Initial Conditions for Binary Formation and Protobinary Systems
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 200: The Formation of Binary Stars , 2001 , pp. 107 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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