The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later
The Book contains the proceedings of a Conference intended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the IMF concept by Ed Salpeter along with Ed Salpeter's 80th birthday. It summarizes a vast amounts of information, and updates the Herstmonceux book on the IMF,(eds. Howell and G...
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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| Rhifyn: | 1st ed. 2005. |
| Cyfres: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library,
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3407-7 |
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
- From the contents Preface
- List of Participants
- The IMF Concept through Time
- The IMF in our Galaxy: Clusters and field stars
- The IMF in our Galaxy: Star Forming Regions
- The Extragalactic IMF
- The Origin of the IMF: Atomic and Molecular Gas Tracers
- The Origin of the IMF: Cloud Fragmentation and Collapse
- The Origin of the IMF: From Gas to Stars
- The "Initial" IMF
- Chuzpah Talks
- Author Index.



