The size and mass distribution of Galactic molecular clouds

Details The size and mass distribution of Galactic molecular clouds The size and mass distribution of Galactic molecular clouds

Sep 1984

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 210, Sept. 1, 1984, p. 11P-14P.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Structure, Mass Distribution, Milky Way Galaxy, Molecular Clouds, Galactic Evolution, Normal Density Functions, Size Distribution

Scientific paper

By combining observational results on small and large molecular clouds,
the spectra of average cloud sizes and masses are obtained, resembling
log-normal distributions. The shape of these distributions should place
constraints on the mechanism of cloud formation.

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