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Table 1

Physical quantities and notation of the applied models.

Molecular cloud models (mass)
Cloud mass [M] 104 105 106 107

Notation M4 M5 M6 M7
Cluster models (mass)

Cluster mass [M] 103 104 105 106 107
Cluster luminosity [L] 1.02 × 106 1.02 × 107 1.02 × 108 1.02 × 109 1.02 × 1010

Notation C3 C4 C5 C6 C7
Cluster models (concentration)

FWHM [pc] 0 0.1 1 2 4

Notation F0 F0.1 F1 F2 F4
Dust models (grain size)

amax [μm] 0.02 0.2 2.0 20.0 200.0

Notation D1 D2 D3 D4 D5

Notes. Our clouds are spherically symmetric and follow a Plummer-like density profile (Eq. (1)) with a core radius of 1% of the outer radius, Rc = 0.01Rout. The standard cloud radiusis Rout = 5 pc, but we also consider values of 20 and 150 pc for selected cases.

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