The Origin of the Stellar Mass Distribution and Multiplicity
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2020-06-17 v1
Abstract
In this chapter, we review some historical understanding and recent advances on the Initial Mass Function (IMF) and the Core Mass Function (CMF), both in terms of observations and theories. We focus mostly on star formation in clustered environment since this is suggested by observations to be the dominant mode of star formation. The statistical properties and the fragmentation behaviour of turbulent gas is discussed, and we also discuss the formation of binaries and small multiple systems.
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@article{arxiv.2006.05778,
title = {The Origin of the Stellar Mass Distribution and Multiplicity},
author = {Yueh-Ning Lee and Stella S. R. Offner and Patrick Hennebelle and Philippe André and Hans Zinnecker and Javier Ballesteros-Paredes and Shu-ichiro Inutsuka and J. M. Diederik Kruijssen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.05778},
year = {2020}
}
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Review chapter published in Space Science Reviews