Fractal dimension of interstellar clouds: Opacity and noise effects

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 656, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Sánchez, Néstor ^a,b   Alfaro, Emilio J ^a   Pérez, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; ISM: individual (Ophiuchus, Orion, Perseus molecular cloud); ISM: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847366685     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510351     Document Type: Article

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