Nolting, Chris2013-06-042013-06-042013-04-20https://hdl.handle.net/11299/150107Faculty mentor: Professor Terry JonesUsing infrared observations of L1544, a dark cloud in the Taurus Molecular Complex, density maps were generated and the distribution was compared to that of a polytopic gas. A polytopic index of 3.5 was found to best fit the observed density distribution.en-USPresentation