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The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds

  • McKee C
Springer Netherlands, (1999), 29-66
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4509-1_2
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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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McKee, C. F. (1999). The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds. In The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems (pp. 29–66). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4509-1_2

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