The influence of local conditions in the interstellar medium upon star formation.
Abstract
The gravitational stability of a spherical cloud surrounding a stellar core in the interstellar medium is discussed utilizing a modified form of the virial theorem. It is argued that the masses of the circumstellar shells surrounding most infra-red objects should not exceed io-2 M0.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- 1972
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/157.1.17P
- Bibcode:
- 1972MNRAS.157P..17H