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Cloud-core Structure

Cloud-Core Structure is a theoretical construct in astrophysics that denotes the hierarchical organization of dense, self-gravitating regions within molecular clouds, distinguished by its role in mediating the initial conditions and evolutionary pathways of star formation through localized density enhancements and dynamical interactions.

664

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562

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664

The Stellar Initial Mass Function from Turbulent Fragmentation

Paolo Padoan, Åke Nordlund · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 1K citations · Full text

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Cold Dark Clouds: The Initial Conditions for Star Formation

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 995 citations · Full text

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Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

Laura Kreidberg, Jacob L. Bean, Jean-Michel Désert et al. · Nature · 2013 · 959 citations · Full text

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Dense cores in dark clouds. VIII - Velocity gradients

Alyssa Goodman, P. J. Benson, G. A. Fuller et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 697 citations

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The collapse of the cores of slowly rotating isothermal clouds

S. Terebey, Frank H. Shu, P. Cassen · The Astrophysical Journal · 1984 · 642 citations

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  1. PC
    Philip C. Myers

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    18 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. JB
    John Bally

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    17 publications · 652 citations

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  3. YF
    Y. Fukui

    Nagoya University, Japan

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. AG
    Alyssa Goodman

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    12 publications · 2K citations

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  5. BR
    Bo Reipurth

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    12 publications · 542 citations

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Institutions

562

  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    36 h-index

    97 publications

    10.1K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    32 h-index

    69 publications

    5.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    139 publications

    11.3K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    25 h-index

    118 publications

    9.8K citations

  5. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    24 h-index

    79 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    22 h-index

    42 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    20 h-index

    61 publications

    3.8K citations

  8. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    20 h-index

    38 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 228 publications · 21K citations

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  2. Icarus

    70 publications · 3.4K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    54 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    60 publications · 3.9K citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 24 publications · 1K citations

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