most citedMulti--Pressure Polytropes as Models for the Structure and Stability of Molecular Clouds. I. Theory

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Multi--Pressure Polytropes as Models for the Structure and Stability of Molecular Clouds. I. Theory

Christopher F. McKee, John H. Holliman, II

Molecular clouds are supported by thermal pressure, magnetic pressure, and turbulent pressure. Each of these can be modeled with a polytropic equation of state, so that overall the…