Explain how the balance of gravity versus thermal pressure predicts that a cloud should fragment into many stars

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Clouds collapse when their self-gravity exceeds the support provided by thermal pressure. For any given density and temperature, any cloud greater than a certain mass (Mbalance in Mathematical Insight 16.1 ) will collapse. As it collapses, the cloud becomes denser and the balance mass becomes smaller. Therefore, individual sub-pieces of the cloud can collapse. The collapsing cloud therefore fragments into many smaller, collapsing pieces. Eventually a cluster of low mass stars is formed rather than a single massive star.

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