Star forming cloud-giant molecular cloud complexes

Star formation on galactic scales is known to be a slow process, but whether it is slow on smaller scales is uncertain. We cross-correlate 5469 giant molecular clouds (GMCs)...已知银河系尺度上的恒星形成是一个缓慢的过程，但在更小的尺度上该过程是否同样缓慢尚不确定。我们对5469个巨分子云（giant molecular clouds, GMCs）进行了互相关分析……