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The origin and growth of molecular clouds is described and mechanisms for molecular cloud support are reviewed. Cloud disruption is discussed with emphasis on star formation efficiency. Issues pertaining to massive star enhanced star formation are summarized, and a mechanism for bimodal star formation is presented. Applications are made to the global star formation rate and to starburst galaxies.
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Silk, J. (1989). Molecular cloud evolution and star formation. In: The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds: mm and Sub-mm Observations in Astrophysics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 331. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0119503
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