The Locations of Newly Formed Stars in Molecular Clouds (Paper presesnted at the Conference on Protostars and Planets, held at the Planetary Science Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, between January 3 and 7, 1978.)
Abstract
Observations of very massive stars (M≥10M ⊙) are suggestive of a star formation process which requires an external trigger. However, observations pertaining to the formation of stars of lower mass (M≤9M ⊙) require no such triggering mechanism and are consistent with the idea that such stars form as a natural consequence of the evolution, gravitational collapse and fragmentation of a proto-stellar molecular cloud.
- Publication:
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Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00896986
- Bibcode:
- 1978M&P....19..157L
- Keywords:
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- B Stars;
- Gravitational Collapse;
- Hydrogen Clouds;
- Molecular Gases;
- O Stars;
- Protostars;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Cloud Physics;
- Fragmentation;
- Molecular Interactions;
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics