BASICS OF STAR FORMATION

ROAD MAP FOR STAR FORMATION

Physical Quantities

Molecular Cloud cores 10-18 g cm-3, 10 K

10-11 g cm-3, 50 K

10-8 g cm-3, 2,000 K

10-2 g cm-3, 105-6 K

150 g cm-3, 14x106 K