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Molecular Cloud Collapse

Molecular Cloud Collapse is a theoretical construct in astrophysics denoting the gravitational contraction of dense interstellar molecular gas regions, distinguished by the progressive fragmentation and condensation of molecular material leading to the formation of stellar progenitors within galactic star-forming environments.

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442

Self-similar collapse of isothermal spheres and star formation

Frank H. Shu · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 1.7K citations

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Toward Understanding Massive Star Formation

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Sequential formation of subgroups in OB associations

Bruce G. Elmegreen, C. J. Lada · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 1.1K citations

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The Jeans Condition: A New Constraint on Spatial Resolution in Simulations of Isothermal Self-gravitational Hydrodynamics

J. Kelly Truelove, Richard Klein, Christopher F. McKee et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 944 citations · Full text

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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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Authors

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  1. RS
    Ralf S. Klessen

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. AP
    Alan P. Boss

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    17 publications · 837 citations

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  3. JB
    Javier Ballesteros‐Paredes

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. EV
    Enrique Vazquez‐Semadeni

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. MR
    Matthew R. Bate

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 3.4K citations

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Institutions

349

  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    61 publications

    7.9K citations

  2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    25 h-index

    69 publications

    7.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    87 publications

    8K citations

  4. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    19 h-index

    45 publications

    5K citations

  7. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    17 h-index

    26 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    8.5K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 192 publications · 23.9K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    90 publications · 8.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    26 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 8 publications · 340 citations

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

    Repository · 7 publications · 716 citations

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