Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the sites of star formation in the Galaxy. Many of their properties can be understood in terms of a model in which the GMCs and the star-forming clumps within them are in approximate pressure equilibrium, with turbulent motions treated as a separate pressure component.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9901370,
title = {The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds},
author = {Christopher F. McKee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9901370},
year = {2007}
}
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38 pages. Conference: The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution (Crete II)