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The Structure of Quiescent Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

E. Falgarone
E. Falgarone*
Affiliation:
Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

Abstract

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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.

Type
Quiescent Clouds and Regions of Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 150: Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena , 1992 , pp. 159 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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