Model of the Insterstellar Medium (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Model of the Insterstellar Medium

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A model of the interstellar medium having a fractal density distribution. Dense cores where proto-stars are forming are marked and gravitational forces generated by them are shown.

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Igor Chilingarian, Andrei Klishin

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