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The Initial Mass Function

1988
As we have already heard, estimates of the fraction of a star-forming cloud that is converted into stars and of the overall star formation rate in galaxies depend crucially on the assumed stellar initial mass function, which must be known before any quantitative conclusions can be drawn about galactic evolution.
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Origins of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2009
This paper gives a brief sketch of the current state of affairs in research into the origins of the stellar initial mass function. The likely origin of the IMF in the distribution of mass amongst dense cores in star forming regions is discussed, touching upon evidence from observations and predictions from theory.
Toby J. T. Moore, Giuliana Giobbi, Amedeo Tornambe, Gabriella Raimondo, Marco Limongi, L. A. Antonelli, Nicola Menci, Enzo Brocato   +7 more
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Initial mass functions of Wolf-Rayet stars

Astrophysics and Space Science, 1986
On the basis of evolutionary tracks on the HR diagram the lower limit of initial mass functions for Wolf-Rayet stars are estimated. The lower limit to the initial masses of the Wolf-Rayet stars seems to be 20M⊙ and in this respect there is no significant difference between the WN and WC stars.
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Evidence for a bottom-light initial mass function in massive star clusters

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023
Holger Baumgardt, Vincent Hénault-Brunet, Nolan Dickson   +2 more
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The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later

2005
Preface,List of Participants,Part I The IMF Concept through Time, Introduction to IMF@50, Ed, me, and the Insterstellar Medium,The IMF challenge - 25 questions, Fifty years of IMF variation: the intermediate-mass stars, The Initial Mass Function: from Salpeter 1955 to 2005, Part II The IMF in our Galaxy: Clusters and field stars, The field IMF across ...
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Evidence for Initial Mass Function Variation in Massive Early-Type Galaxies

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020
Russell J Smith
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Testing the turbulent origin of the stellar initial mass function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021
Donghee G Nam, Christoph Federrath, Mark Krumholz   +2 more
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The impact of carbon and oxygen abundances on the metal-poor initial mass function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022
Piyush Sharda, Anish M Amarsi, Kathryn Grasha   +2 more
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Initial Mass Function

2012
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The initialfinal mass relationship of white dwarfs revisited: effect on the luminosity function and mass distribution

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2008
Jordi Isern, Ignasi Ribas
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