期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 569, 期 1, 页码 280-287出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/339230
关键词
ISM : clouds; ISM : globules; ISM : structure; stars : formation
We decipher intrinsic three-dimensional shape distributions of molecular clouds, cloud cores, Bok globules, and condensations using recently compiled catalogs of observed axis ratios for these objects mapped in carbon monoxide, in ammonia, through optical selection, or in continuum dust emission. We apply statistical techniques to compare assumed intrinsic axis ratio distributions with observed projected axis ratio distributions. Intrinsically triaxial shapes produce projected distributions that agree with observations. Molecular clouds mapped in (CO)-C-12 are intrinsically triaxial but more nearly prolate than oblate, while the smaller cloud cores, Bok globules, and condensations are also intrinsically triaxial but more nearly oblate than prolate.
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