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The Origin of the Initial Mass Function [PDF]
, 2006 We review recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the initial mass function (IMF). We emphasize the use of numerical simulations to investigate how each physical process involved in star formation affects the resulting IMF.
Bonnell, Ian A. +2 more
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The relationship between the prestellar core mass function and the stellar initial mass function [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2007 Stars form from dense molecular cores, and the mass function of these cores (the CMF) is often found to be similar to the form of the stellar initial mass function (IMF).
A. P. Whitworth +55 more
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Toward an initial mass function for giant planets [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017 The distribution of exoplanet masses is not primordial. After the initial stage of planet formation is complete, the gravitational interactions between planets can lead to the physical collision of two planets, or the ejection of one or more planets from
Carrera, Daniel +2 more
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The Stellar Initial Mass Function at the Epoch of Reionization [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 I provide estimates of the ultraviolet and visible light luminosity density at z~6 after accounting for the contribution from faint galaxies below the detection limit of deep Hubble and Spitzer surveys.
Dave R. +3 more
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A nonextensive insight to the stellar initial mass function [PDF]
EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2019 the present paper, we propose that the stellar initial mass distributions as known as IMF are best fitted by $q$-Weibulls that emerge within nonextensive statistical mechanics. As a result, we show that the Salpeter's slope of $\sim$2.35 is replaced when
da Silva, J. R. P. +3 more
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The Stellar Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center [PDF]
, 2004 Massive stars define the upper limits of the star formation process, dominate the energetics of their local environs, and significantly affect the chemical evolution of galaxies.
A. Damineli +25 more
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Converging on the Initial Mass Function of Stars
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2017 Understanding the origin of stellar masses—the initial mass function (IMF)— remains one of the most challenging problems in astrophysics. The IMF is a key ingredient for simulations of galaxy formation and evolution, and is used to calibrate star ...
C. Federrath, M. Krumholz, P. Hopkins
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Evidence for universality in the initial planetesimal mass function [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2017 Planetesimals may form from the gravitational collapse of dense particle clumps initiated by the streaming instability. We use simulations of aerodynamically coupled gas-particle mixtures to investigate whether the properties of planetesimals formed in ...
Armitage, Philip J. +3 more
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The Stellar Initial Mass Function
, 1999 The current status of both the observational evidence and the theory of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is reviewed, with particular attention to the two basic, apparently universal features shown by all observations of nearby stellar systems: (1) a characteristic stellar mass of the order of one solar mass, and (2) a power-law decline of the ...
Richard B. Larson
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Nebular dominated galaxies: insights into the stellar initial mass function at high redshift [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023 We identify a low-metallicity (12 + log (O/H) = 7.59) Lyα-emitting galaxy at z = 5.943 with evidence of a strong Balmer jump, arising from nebular continuum.
A. Cameron +5 more
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