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Core Fragmentation

Core Fragmentation is a physical process in star formation theory whereby a gravitationally unstable molecular cloud core undergoes gravitational collapse and breaks into multiple dense clumps, leading to the formation of binary or multiple stellar systems within clustered environments.

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Modelling accretion in protobinary systems

Matthew R. Bate, I. A. Bonnell, Nigel M. Price · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1995 · 911 citations · Full text

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A Production Mechanism for Clusters of Dense Cores

Shu‐ichiro Inutsuka, Shoken M. Miyama · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 315 citations

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Magnetic processes in a collapsing dense core

P. Hennebelle, S. Fromang · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 305 citations · Full text

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Opacity-Limited Hierarchical Fragmentation and the Masses of Protostars

M. J. Rees · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1976 · 267 citations · Full text

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Evidence for Island Structures as the Dominant Architecture of Asphaltenes

Hassan Sabbah, A.L. Morrow, Andrew E. Pomerantz et al. · Energy & Fuels · 2011 · 264 citations

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Authors

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    H. Beuther

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany

    18 publications · 773 citations

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  2. AP
    Aina Palau

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    14 publications · 766 citations

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  3. QZ
    Qizhou Zhang

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    11 publications · 818 citations

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  4. ÁS
    Á. Sánchez-Monge

    University of Cologne, Germany

    13 publications · 581 citations

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  5. AP
    Alan P. Boss

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    12 publications · 455 citations

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    23 h-index

    106 publications

    5.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    64 publications

    4.4K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    37 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    35 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

    Florence, Italy

    16 h-index

    54 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    16 h-index

    20 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 67 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    37 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    36 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 4 publications · 151 citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 4 publications · 113 citations

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