2008/08/25 by Sami Dib, Dib, Sami, Roberto Galván-Madrid +7 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0808.3305
Paper of invited talk at the 2008 french astronomical society meeting (SF2A-2008). 4 pages; 4 figures. A few typos corrected in the text and references
arxiv created 2008/08/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
In this paper, we review some of the properties of dense molecular cloud cores. The results presented here rely on three-dimensional numerical simulations of isothermal, magnetized, turbulent, and self-gravitating molecular clouds (MCs) in which dense core form as a consequence of the gravo-turbulent fragmentation of the clouds. In particular we discuss issues related to the mass spectrum of the cores, their lifetimes and their virial balance.