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The universality of the stellar initial mass function
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We propose that the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is universal in the sense that its functional form arises as a consequence of the statistics of random supersonic flows. A model is developed for the origin of the stellar IMF that contains a dependence on the average physical parameters (temperature, density and velocity dispersion) of the large-scale site of star formation. The model is based on recent numerical experiments of highly supersonic random flows that have a strong observational counterpart. It is shown that a Miller-Scalo-like IMF is naturally produced by the model for the typical physical conditions in molecular clouds. A more ‘massive’ IMF in star- bursts is also predicted.
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- Authors
- Padoan, P., Nordlund, A., & Jones, B. J. T.
- Venue
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-06-11
- Volume
- 288
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 145-152
- ISSN
- 0035-8711 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2966
- OpenAlex
- W1999538730
- Cited by
- 532
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 9.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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