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The Variation of the Initial Mass Function in Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

K. L. Luhman
K. L. Luhman*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

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I review recent measurements of the initial mass function of stars and brown dwarfs in star-forming regions and open clusters and summarize the implications of these data for theories of star formation.

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Type
Part 5: Low Mass Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 221: Star Formation at High Angular Resolution , 2004, pp. 237 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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