The initial mass function 50 years later / edited by Edvige Corbelli, Francesco Palla and Hans Zinnecker.
— Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; New York : Springer, c2005. xx, 543 p. : il. ; 25 cm. — (Astrophysics and space science library, ISSN 0067-0057 ; v. 327)
Proceedings of a conference held in Abbazia di Spineto to celebrate 50 years of IMF and honor Edwin Salpeter.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices.
Contenido: 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 — Chuzpah talks
ISBN 9781402034060 (hbk.). — ISBN 1402034067 (hbk.). — ISBN 9781402034077 (e-book). — ISBN 1402034075 (e-book)
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