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The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds

Christopher F. McKee

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9901370

Abstract

Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the sites of star formation in the Galaxy. Many of their properties can be understood in terms of a model in which the GMCs and the star-forming clumps within them are in approximate pressure equilibrium, with turbulent motions treated as a separate pressure component.

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