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astro-ph2001
Structure and conditions in massive star forming giant molecular clouds
Jonathan Williams
Massive stars form in clusters within self-gravitating molecular clouds. The size scale of these clusters is sufficiently large that non-thermal, or turbulent, motions of the gas m…
astro-ph1999
The Structure and Evolution of Molecular Clouds: from Clumps to Cores to the IMF
Jonathan P. Williams, Leo Blitz, Christopher F. McKee
We review the progress that has been made in observing and analyzing molecular cloud structure in recent years. Structures are self-similar over a wide range of scales with similar…