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Jeans Mass

Jeans Mass is a theoretical threshold in astrophysics, defined as the critical mass of a cloud of interstellar gas and dust above which gravitational forces overcome internal thermal pressure, leading to gravitational collapse and star formation.

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480

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299

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2017–2026

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The SAURON project--IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies

Michele Cappellari, Roland Bacon, Martin Bureau et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The Formation of the First Stars. I. The Primordial Star‐forming Cloud

Volker Bromm, P. Coppi, Richard B. Larson · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The First Stars

Volker Bromm, Richard B. Larson · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2004 · 951 citations · Full text

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Pressure-confined clumps in magnetized molecular clouds

F. Bertoldi, Christopher F. McKee · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 867 citations

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Effect of Reionization on Structure Formation in the Universe

Nickolay Y. Gnedin · The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 707 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

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  2. MR
    Matthew R. Bate

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. RB
    Richard B. Larson

    Yale University, United States

    5 publications · 2.8K citations

    5

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  4. RS
    Ralf S. Klessen

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    5 publications · 491 citations

    5

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  5. PB
    Pierre Bastien

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    5 publications · 201 citations

    5

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Institutions

299

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    3K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1K citations

  4. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Victoria, Canada

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    455 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    5K citations

  8. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    664 citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 78 publications · 9.8K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    57 publications · 6.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    11 publications · 549 citations

    11

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    6 publications · 578 citations

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