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Table 2
Compilation of observational studies, with summary of their underlying data used to produce the molecular cloud catalogue, and their reported mass-size relation.
| References | Data type | Milky Way region | M-R slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice et al. (2016) | 12CO(1–) | Full | 1.98 |
| Miville-Deschênes et al. (2017) | 12CO(1–0) | Full | 2.2 |
| Roman-Duval et al. (2010) | 12/13CO(1–0) | Galactic ring | 2.36 |
| Benedettini et al. (2020) | 12CO(1–0) | Outer Galaxy | ≈2 |
| Benedettini et al. (2021) | 13CO(1–0) | Outer Galaxy | 2.13 |
| Duarte-Cabral et al. (2021) | 13CO(2–1) | Inner Galaxy | ≈2.3 |
| Ma et al. (2022) | 12/13CO(1–0) | Third quadrant | 2.24 |
| Chen et al. (2020) | 3D dust (projected) | Solar neighbourhood | 1.96 |
| Dharmawardena et al. (2023) | 3D dust | Solar neighbourhood | ≈3 |
| Cahlon et al. (2024) | 3D dust | Solar neighbourhood | 2.9 |
| Cahlon et al. (2024) | 3D dust (projected) | Solar neighbourhood | 2.1 |
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