why are low temperatures necessary for dense cores to form and contract into protostars?

by Ivan Walsh

Question by Kassandra: why are low temperatures necessary for dense cores to form and contract into protostars?
why are low temperatures necessary for dense cores to form and contract into protostars?

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Answer by ronwizfr
Giant molecular clouds are approximately in a state of equilibrium: the gravitation that tend to collapse the cloud, is balanced by the thermal radiation cloud’s constituent molecules and dust particles.

Therefore the hotter the gas to more it will resist collapse.

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