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Evolving Molecular Cloud Structure and the Column Density Probability Distribution Function
Rachel L. Ward, James Wadsley, Alison Sills
The structure of molecular clouds can be characterized with the probability distribution function (PDF) of the mass surface density. In particular, the properties of the distributi…
astro-ph.GA2014★ 9 cited
Unbound Star-forming Molecular Clouds
Rachel L. Ward, James Wadsley, Alison Sills
We explore whether observed molecular clouds could include a substantial population of unbound clouds. Using simulations which include only turbulence and gravity, we are able to m…