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Simulation of the Gravitational Collapse and Fragmentation of Rotating Molecular Clouds
In this paper we study the process of the subsequent (runaway) fragmentation
of the rotating isothermal Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) complex. Our own
developed Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) gas-dynamical model
successfully reproduce the observed Cloud Mass-distribution Function (CMF) in
our Galaxy (even the differences between the inner and outer parts of our
Galaxy). The steady state CMF is established during the collapse within a
free-fall timescale of the GMC. We show that one of the key parameters, which
defines the observed slope of the present day CMF, is the initial ratio of the
rotational (turbulent) and gravitational energy inside the fragmented GMC.Comment: 8 pages, 9 EPS figures, special forma.cls class file is use
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