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The Structure of Quiescent Clouds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
Abstract
Several tracers of the cold interstellar medium in its quiescent phase reveal common unexpected properties: the fractal nature of the emission contour levels, the self-similar brightness distribution, the existence of small unresolved fragments of dense gas in various environments, and a highly turbulent velocity field. In spite of the difficulties met in interpreting these data, they are important bearings in our understanding of the structure, the physics and the chemistry of this medium.
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- Quiescent Clouds and Regions of Star Formation
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 150: Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena , 1992 , pp. 159 - 167
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1992
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