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Paper: |
From Molecular Clouds Fragmentation to the IMF: A Probabilistic Approach |
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320, The Neutral ISM in Starburst Galaxies |
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44 |
Authors: |
Moultaka, J.; Pelat, D. |
Abstract: |
We present a probabilistic approach allowing to derive the IMF in galaxies considering only a few starting hypotheses. The IMF can be deduced from the mass distribution law of a fragmented molecular cloud aggregates. This study shows that this law is a 2 parameter log-normal one and observations of molecular clouds and stellar systems seem to agree well with it. |
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