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Giant molecular cloud(turbulent, self-gravitating)Local overdensities exceedthe Jeans massCloud fragments intomany independent dense coresEach core collapsesinto its own protostarEmbedded cluster forms(masses set by the IMF)Cluster gravitationallybound after gas expulsion?Long-lived cluster(open or globular)Cluster dispersesinto field starsYesNo
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