Modeling mass functions of clumps formed during the early MC evolution

TL;DR

This paper compares two statistical models for describing molecular cloud substructure, demonstrating their predictive capabilities in molecular emission and dust extinction observations of Galactic clouds.

Contribution

It introduces and evaluates alternative models for molecular cloud substructure, focusing on ensembles of clumps and larger cloudlets, enhancing understanding of early molecular cloud evolution.

Findings

Both models effectively predict molecular emission and dust extinction data.

The models offer different perspectives on cloud substructure formation.

Demonstrates the models' applicability to observational data.

Abstract

The statistical approach for description of molecular cloud substructure, proposed by Donkov, Veltchev and Klessen (2011, 2012), allows for alternative models, operating with different type of objects: an ensemble of clumps or a larger cloudlet. We demonstrate briefly the predictive power of both models, applied to molecular emission and dust extinction studies of Galactic clouds.