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We present results from powerful new method to study the structure of dense molecular clouds on an unprecedent column density range of 0.5 < AV < 50 magnitudes (1021 < N < 1023 cm−2). The application of the method to Barnard 68 leads to the discovery of the best example in nature of a Bonnor-Ebert sphere.
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Alves, J. (2004). The Structure of Molecular Clouds from PC to AU Scale. In: de Avillez, M.A., Breitschwerdt, D. (eds) From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0979-9_12
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