A fractal origin for the mass spectrum of interstellar clouds. II. Cloud models and power-law slopes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 564, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 773-781

  Elmegreen, Bruce G ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; ISM: structure; Open clusters and associations: general; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013327320     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324384     Document Type: Article

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