Magnetized interstellar molecular clouds - III. Filament Collisions and Core Formation: Insights into Substructures and Evolution

arXiv:2609.12989 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-11 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-11

Comments: 55 pages, 20 figures, 4 animations (Four animations associated are available in the online version of the published article on ApJ), accepted by ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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