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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 769, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/769/2/115
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gravitation; ISM: clouds; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); methods: analytical; stars: formation
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- NSF [AST 0807305]
- NASA [NHSC 1008]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0807305] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1109085] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [0807305] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Two aspects of filamentary molecular cloud evolution are addressed: (1) exploring analytically the role of the environment for the evolution of filaments demonstrates that considering them in isolation (i.e., just addressing the fragmentation stability) will result in unphysical conclusions about the filament's properties. Accretion can also explain the observed decorrelation between FWHM and peak column density. (2) Free-fall accretion onto finite filaments can lead to the characteristic fans of infrared-dark clouds around star-forming regions. The fans may form due to tidal forces mostly arising at the ends of the filaments, consistent with numerical models and earlier analytical studies.
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