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Is protostellar heating sufficient to halt fragmentation? A case study of the massive protocluster G8.68-0.37
Steven N. Longmore, Thushara Pillai, Eric Keto +2
If star formation proceeds by thermal fragmentation and the subsequent gravitational collapse of the individual fragments, how is it possible to form fragments massive enough for O…
How Many Infrared Dark Clouds can form Massive Stars and Clusters?
Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai
We present a new assessment of the ability of Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) to form massive stars and clusters. This is done by comparison with an empirical mass-size threshold for…
The Mass-Size Relation from Clouds to Cores. II. Solar Neighborhood Clouds
Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai, Rahul Shetty +2
We measure the mass and size of cloud fragments in several molecular clouds continuously over a wide range of spatial scales (0.05 < r / pc < 3). Based on the recently developed "d…
The Mass-Size Relation from Clouds to Cores. I. A new Probe of Structure in Molecular Clouds
J. Kauffmann, T. Pillai, R. Shetty +2
We use a new contour-based map analysis technique to measure the mass and size of molecular cloud fragments continuously over a wide range of spatial scales (0.05 < r / pc < 10), i…