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the propagation of star formation through a molecular cloud as ionization fronts and shocks from one generation of massive stars compress gas into the next.

In astrophysics, sequential star formation refers to the propagation of star formation through a molecular cloud as ionization fronts and shocks from one generation of massive stars compress gas into the next. This meaning comes from Elmegreen (1977) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Elmegreen, B. G., & Lada, C. J. (1977). Sequential formation of subgroups in OB associations. The Astrophysical Journal, 214, 725. https://doi.org/10.1086/155302

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