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A Study of the Physical Properties and Star Formation Activity of a Large Sample of Molecular Clouds. I. Distances

  • Authors: Juan Mei, Min Fang, Miaomiao Zhang, Qing-Zeng Yan, Lixia Yuan, Xuepeng Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Yang Su, Shiyu Zhang, Zhibo Jiang, Ji Yang

Juan Mei et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 284 .

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Caption: Figure 2.

Left panel: KS test statistic (blue) and corresponding p-value (red) as functions of distance in the initial optimization. The convergence of a minimum KS statistic and a maximum p-value identifies a distance (black) with uncertainty, corresponding to a 3σ confidence region (gray box) used to constrain subsequent parameter refinement. Right panel: Ensemble analysis of 100 independent Monte Carlo repetitions performed within the constrained parameter range. Average KS statistic (blue curve) and p-value (red curve) profiles are shown with 1σ uncertainty (shaded). The final distance is indicated by the solid black vertical line, with its uncertainty range marked by the dashed black vertical lines.

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