The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 462, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Alves, J ^a   Lombardi, M ^b,d   Lada, C J ^c  

^a CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO HISPANO ALEMÁN   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; ISM: clouds; ISM: evolution; ISM: structure; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GALAXIES; SPACE RESEARCH;

LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; MASS FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CORES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33846503308     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066389     Document Type: Article

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