A fractal origin for the mass spectrum of interstellar clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 471, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 816-821

  Elmegreen, Bruch G ^a   Falgarone, Edith ^b  

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

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds ISM: structure; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444447425     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/178009     Document Type: Article

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