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A sample of star forming regions triggered by cloud-cloud collision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Bei Xin  and
Jun-Jie Wang
Bei Xin
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China. e-mail: xp@bao.ac.cn and wangjj@bao.ac.cn
Jun-Jie Wang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China. e-mail: xp@bao.ac.cn and wangjj@bao.ac.cn
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Collision between molecular clouds is considered an efficient mechanism to trigger cloud collapse to form stars. Various observations show that the process is taking place in the universe (Vallee 1995; Wang et al. 2004).

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 498
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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