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The Initial Mass Function of Stars

Bruce G. Elmegreen

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0605517

Abstract

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.

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