DO CLOUD-CLOUD COLLISIONS TRIGGER HIGH-MASS STAR FORMATION? I. SMALL CLOUD COLLISIONS
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1538-4357
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/792/1/63