Using Mathematical Insight 16.1,calculate the minimum mass at which gravity and pressure balance for a cloud composed only of hydrogen and helium that cannot cool below 100 K.Assume that density is the same,300 particles per cubic centimeter,as molecular clouds in the Milky Way.
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Mbalance= 18 MSun
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