Two stellar mass functions combined into one by the random sampling model of the initial mass function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Elmegreen, Bruce G ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: structure; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

STARS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

INITIAL MASS; ISM: STRUCTURE; LOW-MASS; MASS FUNCTIONS; RANDOM SAMPLING; SAMPLING MODEL; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS FORMATION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; THERMAL;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0003060244     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03232.x     Document Type: Article

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