Understanding the stellar initial mass function

Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-59

  Larson, Richard B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: Formation; Stars: Luminosity, mass function

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149061187     PISSN: 14052059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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