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Numerical calculations of the growth of thermal instabilities show that condensations tend to form with the proper sort of density contrast but the wrong shapes (and, to some extent, sizes) to qualify as the observed interstellar clouds analyzed by Heiles.
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Goldsmith, D.W. (1974). Theoretical Calculations of Interstellar Cloud Formation. In: Kerr, F.J., Simonson, S.C. (eds) Galactic Radio Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/ Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2263-7_10
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