The most luminous protostars in molecular clouds: A hint to understand the stellar initial mass function

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-92

  Dobashi, Kazuhito ^a   Yonekura, Yoshinori ^b   Matsumoto, Tomoaki ^c   Momose, Munetake ^d   Sato, Fumio ^a,e   Bernard, Jean Philippe ^e   Ogawa, Hideo ^b  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared: stars; ISM: Clouds; ISM: molecules; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; LUMINANCE; STARS;

INFRARED: STAR; ISM : CLOUDS; ISM:MOLECULES; MASS FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; PROTOSTARS; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS FORMATION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STELLAR LUMINOSITY;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0035625469     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/53.1.85     Document Type: Article

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