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Structure and Fragmentation of Molecular Complexes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

E. Falgarone
Affiliation:
Radioastronomie, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
J. L. Puget
Affiliation:
Radioastronomie, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
M. Pérault
Affiliation:
Radioastronomie, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
S. Bonazzola
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
J. Heywaerts
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France

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We propose a hierarchical model of large molecular complexes (mean density ∼ 10 cm−3, masses larger than 105 M relevant to their “cold phase”) which preceeds the formation of massive stars and H II regions, and investigate the gravitational stability of the different scales.

Type
I. Star Forming Processes in the Solar Neighborhood
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

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