Observational constraints on the ages of molecular clouds and the star formation timescale: Ambipolar-diffusion-controlled or turbulence-induced star formation?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 646, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1043-1049

  Mouschovias, Telemachos Ch ^a   Tassis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Kunz, Matthew W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; Magnetic fields; MHD; Stars: formation; Turbulence; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748080447     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500125     Document Type: Article

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