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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Weitere Verfasser: Corbelli, Edvige. (HerausgeberIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Palla, Francesco. (HerausgeberIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zinnecker, Hans. (HerausgeberIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2005.
Schriftenreihe:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 327
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Online Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3407-7
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.