A theory of the initial mass function for star formation in molecular clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 464, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 256-271

  Adams, Fred C ^a   Fatuzzo, Marco ^a  

^a WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344447360     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177318     Document Type: Article

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