Doradus is the most active location for this process in the local group. Larson's laws relate the size and mass of structures where this occurs to velocity dispersion and density, and the depletion time describes the rate of this process in those structures. This process will only begin if a certain energy is below the critical value of three fifths times G M squared over R, and the distribution of this process' result is described by an initial 
Doradus is the most active location for this process in the local group. Larson's laws relate the size and mass of structures where this occurs to velocity dispersion and density, and the depletion time describes the rate of this process in those structures. This process will only begin if a certain energy is below the critical value of three fifths times G M squared over R, and the distribution of this process' result is described by an initial mass function. The (*) Orion nebula is an important close site for this process, which occurs in Bok globules. It begins when molecular clouds exceeding their Jeans length collapse, and it ends with its product entering the main sequence. For 10 points, name this process which results in the birth of objects like the sun. 
Doradus is the most active location for this process in the local group.
star formation [prompt on gravitational collapse] 