The Structure of Molecular Clouds from PC to AU Scale

Author(s)

Joao Alves

Abstract

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) over physical scales of pc to AU using a combination of

2MASS and VLT data. In this talk I will review the method describe the

results obtained so far and point to the wonderful opportunities offered

by future facilities to study the unsolved problem of the initial

conditions to star formation.

Organisation(s)

Department of Astrophysics

External organisation(s)

Joint ALMA Observatory

Volume

221

Publication date

2004

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