We review current understanding of star formation, outlining an overall theoretical framework
and the observations that motivate it. A conception of star formation has emerged in which …

Understanding the formation of stars in galaxies is central to much of modern astrophysics.
However, a quantitative prediction of the star formation rate and the initial distribution of …

We review recent determinations of the present‐day mass function (PDMF) and initial mass
function (IMF) in various components of the Galaxy—disk, spheroid, young, and globular …

▪ Abstract Turbulence affects the structure and motions of nearly all temperature and density
regimes in the interstellar gas. This two-part review summarizes the observations, theory …

We present the results of an extensive 1.3 mm continuum mosaicing study of the rho
Ophiuchi central region obtained at the IRAM 30-m telescope with the MPIfR 19-channel …

We report the results of a 100 deg 2 survey of the Taurus molecular cloud region in 12 CO
and 13 CO J= 1\rightarrow 0. The image of the cloud in each velocity channel includes≃ …

Collapse and fragmentation processes within filamentary interstellar molecular clouds are
investigated in detail. A quasi-equilibrium filament fragments into dense cores separated by …

On the fractal structure of molecular clouds ADS Classic is now deprecated. It will be completely
retired in October 2019. This page will automatically redirect to the new ADS interface at that …

Supersonic random motions are observed in dark clouds and are traditionally interpreted as
Alfvén waves, but the possibility that these motions are super-Alfvénic has not been ruled …

We present clump mass spectra of the seven molecular clouds L1457,{MCLD 126.6+ 24.5},
NGC 1499SW, Orion B South, S140, M17SW, and NGC 7538, which were derived by a …