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Cloud Mass Distribution

Cloud Mass Distribution is a statistical construct that characterizes the abundance of molecular clouds as a function of their mass within a given interstellar environment, typically represented as the number or mass density of clouds per unit logarithmic mass interval.

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Mass, luminosity, and line width relations of Galactic molecular clouds

P. M. Solomon, A. R. Rivolo, John W. Barrett et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1987 · 1.6K citations

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Boyle's Law and Gravitational Instability

W. B. Bonnar · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1956 · 912 citations · Full text

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ON THE STAR FORMATION RATES IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS

C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi, J. Alves · The Astrophysical Journal · 2010 · 745 citations · Full text

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A distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud that is precise to one per cent

Nature · 2019 · 666 citations · Full text

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Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way

M. H. Heyer, T. M. Dame · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015 · 530 citations

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Authors

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  1. ER
    Erik Rosolowsky

    University of Alberta, Canada

    9 publications · 706 citations

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  2. YF
    Y. Fukui

    Nagoya University, Japan

    7 publications · 977 citations

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  3. AM
    Akira Mizuno

    Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

    6 publications · 706 citations

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  4. CJ
    C. J. Lada

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. HO
    Hideo Ogawa

    Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

    5 publications · 515 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    24 h-index

    52 publications

    5.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    15 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    4.3K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 104 publications · 11.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    35 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    13 publications · 1K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    9 publications · 383 citations

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