Digging through some literature on the physics of embedded clouds..

Stability of Bok Globules, theory and numerics:

​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PhDT........19R

Isothermal spheres embedded in homogenous medium: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986A%26A...165....1U ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....83...95S ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.414.2728Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968MNRAS.140..109Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970MNRAS.151...81H ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000PASJ...52..217H ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004astro.ph..2021K ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...469..194M ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979A%26AS...38..295C ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980MNRAS.190..497K ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000prpl.conf...59A

Virial Thm analysis:

​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007IAUS..237..410D

Numerics: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984Ap%26SS.100..447J ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990ASSL..162..333B

Stability in rotating isothermal spheres: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJ...341..220T ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988PThPS..96...50K ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984ApJ...286..529T ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007arXiv0706.3205C ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985Ap%26SS.113..125C ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988PThPS..96...50K

MHD stability analysis: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982PASAu...4..371P ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997RoAJ....7..143B ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ApJ...207..141M ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005MNRAS.359.1083G

Stability Self Gravity: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...386..732C ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003astro.ph..7532F

Equation of state: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986Ap%26SS.124..295M

Boyle's law and Gravitational instability: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956MNRAS.116..351B ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001A%26A...375.1091L

Grav. Collapse of isothermal sphere: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992AAS...181.5801F ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJ...218..834H

Additional physics: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001PhRvD..63h4005S ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011arXiv1105.5128J ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...535A..49S ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996hell.conf..191B ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992Ap%26SS.193..173Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975MNRAS.172..441Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975MNRAS.171...85Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968MNRAS.140..109Y ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1958MNRAS.118..523B ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984ApJ...276..737S ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988MNRAS.234..821O

Comments

1. Erica Kaminski -- 13 years ago

The Gravothermal catastrophe of astrophysics: ​http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1968MNRAS.138..495L Sounds cool..