On the Scarcity of Dense Cores ($n>10^5$ cm${}^{-3}$) in High Latitude Planck Galactic Cold Clumps

Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu +34

High-latitude ($|b|>30^{\circ }$) molecular clouds have virial parameters that exceed 1, but whether these clouds can form stars has not been studied systematically. Using JCMT SCUB…