Characterizing the hierarchical structure of filaments I. On the origin of the length-mass (L-M) scaling relationtranslating…

arXiv:2609.19369v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Aims. Filamentary structures in molecular clouds are widely recognized as fundamental components of star formation. Observations report a length-mass relation of the form $L \propto M^\alpha$ with $\alpha \simeq 0.5$. We…