Molecular clouds are not fractal: A characteristic size scale in Taurus

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 488, Issue 2 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Blitz, Leo ^a   Williams, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; ISM: structure; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944452598     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310941     Document Type: Article

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