Hierarchical gas kinematic structures (IMAGE)

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Hierarchical gas kinematic structures

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Starting from the upper left and moving clockwise from large to small scales: upper left —"spiral-like" system; upper right — "bar-like" structure; lower right — rotating infalling envelope; lower left — accretion disk.

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