On the distribution of protostar masses

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 706, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1341-1352

  Myers, Philip C ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549113643     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1341     Document Type: Article

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