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The stellar population of dark molecular clouds and isolated Bok globules consist mainly of low mass stars. The physical conditions of these clouds from their largest to their smallest structures are reviewed and the different methods used to derive them are evaluated. The interaction of the newly born stars with the ambient gas is analyzed on the basis of new results obtained from high angular resolution molecular line observations.

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Cernicharo, J. (1991). The Physical Conditions of Low Mass Star Forming Regions. In: Lada, C.J., Kylafis, N.D. (eds) The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution. NATO ASI Series, vol 342. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3642-6_8

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