Turbulence and star formation in molecular clouds
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This article is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.The article was published on 1981-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2529 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Star formation & Protostar.read more
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