Thermal physics, cloud geometry and the stellar initial mass function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-222

  Larson, Richard B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: Formation; Stars: Luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); STARS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CLOUD GEOMETRY; INITIAL MASS; LOW-MASS; MASS FUNCTIONS; METALLICITIES; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS FORMATION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STELLARS; THERMAL PHYSICS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 18444398387     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08881.x     Document Type: Article

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