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The Dawes Review 8: Measuring the Stellar Initial Mass Function [PDF]
Publications Astronomical Society of Australia, 2018 The birth of stars and the formation of galaxies are cornerstones of modern astrophysics. While much is known about how galaxies globally and their stars individually form and evolve, one fundamental property that affects both remains elusive.
Hopkins, A. M.
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The Initial Mass Function in Starbursts [PDF]
, 2005 The history of the initial mass function (IMF) in starburst regions is reviewed. The IMFs are no longer believed to be top-heavy, although some super star clusters, whether in starburst regions or not, could be. General observations of the IMF are discussed to put the starburst results in perspective.
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Early Enrichment Population Theory at High Redshift
The Astrophysical JournalAn early enrichment population (EEP) has been theorized to produce the observed intracluster medium (ICM) metallicity of galaxy clusters. This population likely existed at high redshifts ( z ∼ 10), relics of which we posit exist today as dwarf galaxies.
Anne E. Blackwell, Joel N. Bregman
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The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects
The Astrophysical Journal LettersAmong the remarkable strides made by JWST is the discovery of the earliest star clusters found to date. These have been proposed as early progenitors of globular clusters, which are known to come from the early stages of star formation in the Universe ...
William Lake +8 more
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes
Open Astronomy, 2014 The observational stellar-mass black hole mass distribution exhibits a maximum at about 8 M⊙. It can be explained via the details of the massive star evolution, supernova explosions, or consequent black hole evolution.
Malkov O. Yu.
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Some processes influencing the stellar initial mass function [PDF]
Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 1991 Current evidence suggests that the stellar initial mass function has the same basic form everywhere, and that its fundamental features are (1) the existence of a characteristic stellar mass of order one solar mass, and (2) the existence of an apparently universal power-law form for the mass spectrum of the more massive stars. The characteristic stellar
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Impact of the initial disk mass function on the disk fraction
, 2015 The disk fraction, the percentage of stars with disks in a young cluster, is widely used to investigate the lifetime of the protoplanetary disk, which can impose an important constraint on the planet formation mechanism.
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Measuring the stellar initial mass function
, 2020 The birth of stars and the formation of galaxies are cornerstones of modern astrophysics. While much is known about how galaxies globally and their stars individually form and evolve, one fundamental property that affects both remains elusive. This is problematic because this key property, the stellar initial mass function (IMF), is a key tracer of the
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Planet Mass Function around M Stars at 1–10 au: A Plethora of Sub-Earth Mass Objects
The Astrophysical JournalSmall planets (≲1 M _⊕ ) at intermediate orbital distances (∼1 au) represent an uncharted territory in exoplanetary science. The upcoming microlensing survey by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be sensitive to objects as light as Ganymede and ...
Yayaati Chachan, Eve J. Lee
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The Initial Mass Function of Low-mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in the W3 Complex. [PDF]
Astron J, 2021 Huston MJ, Luhman KL.
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