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Two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics calculations of the formation of O-B associations in dense molecular clouds

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Two-dimensional calculations of ionization-shockwave propagation into a curved molecular cloud are presented. Density enhancement occurs due to the combined effects of cloud curvature and radiation flow. The star formation process is expected to be enhanced near the edges of irregularly shaped molecular clouds.

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  1. Dept. of Astronomy, U. of Calif., Berkeley

    Richard I. Klein

  2. University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, USA

    Maxwell T. Sandford II & Rodney W. Whitaker

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Klein, R.I., Sandford, M.T. & Whitaker, R.W. Two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics calculations of the formation of O-B associations in dense molecular clouds. Space Sci Rev 27, 275–282 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168309

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