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ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW
卷 20, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-012-0055-y
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Instabilities; Interstellar medium: kinematics and dynamics; Structure; Clouds; Star: formation
Stars form within molecular clouds but our understanding of this fundamental process remains hampered by the complexity of the physics that drives their evolution. We review our observational and theoretical knowledge of molecular clouds trying to confront the two approaches wherever possible. After a broad presentation of the cold interstellar medium and molecular clouds, we emphasize the dynamical processes with special focus to turbulence and its impact on cloud evolution. We then review our knowledge of the velocity, density and magnetic fields. We end by openings towards new chemistry models and the links between molecular cloud structure and star-formation rates.
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