The Initial Mass Function of Stars
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Observations and theory of the IMF are briefly reviewed. Slight variations have been observed, although they are difficult to prove unambiguously. Most detailed theoretical models reproduce the IMF, but because they use different assumptions and conditions, there is no real convergence of explanations yet.
6 pages, from the 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics, 1-5 November 2005, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, ed. H.-W. Lee
6 pages, from the 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics, 1-5 November 2005, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, ed. H.-W. Lee