The initial mass function 50 years later
edited by Edvige Corbelli, Francesco Palla and Hans Zinnecker.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; New York : Springer, ©2005.
xx, 543 págs. : ilustraciones ; 25 cm.
Serie: Astrophysics and space science library, ISSN 0067-0057 ; v. 327
ISBN: 9781402034060 (hbk.), 1402034067 (hbk.), 9781402034077 (e-book), 1402034075 (e-book)
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
