Ambipolar-diffusion timescale, star formation timescale, and the ages of molecular clouds: Is there a discrepancy?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 616, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Tassis, Konstantinos ^a   Mouschovias, Telemachos Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Dust, extinction; ISM: clouds; ISM: Magnetic fields MHD; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344302035     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424901     Document Type: Article

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