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astro-ph.GA2013★ 72 cited
Formation of Molecular Clouds and Global Conditions for Star Formation
Clare L. Dobbs, Mark R. Krumholz, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes +6
Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the primary reservoirs of cold, star-forming molecular gas in the Milky Way and similar galaxies, and thus any understanding of star formation mus…
astro-ph.GA2013★ 87 cited
The Dense Gas Mass Fraction of Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way
Andrew J. Battisti, Mark H. Heyer
The mass fraction of dense gas within giant molecular clouds (GMCs) of the Milky Way is investigated using 13CO data from the FCRAO Galactic Plane Surveys and the Bolocam Galactic…
astro-ph.GA2013★ 30 cited
Principal Component Analysis of Spectral Line Data: Analytic Formulation
C. M. Brunt, M. H. Heyer
Principal component analysis is a powerful statistical system to investigate the structure and dynamics of the molecular interstellar medium, with particular emphasis on the study…