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| Paper: |
The Cluster and Stellar Mass Functions and Gas Dynamics |
| Volume: |
322, The Formation and Evolution of Massive Young Star Clusters |
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309 |
| Authors: |
Boily, C. |
| Abstract: |
I discuss the formation of the stellar IMF from competition between accreting seeds. I consider a fixed distribution of accreting cores to isolate the essential features of gas accretion when dust acts as the cooling agent. The proto-star mass spectrum is found to break at low masses, while the high-mass end is suggestive of a Salpeter profile. The global star formation efficiency is derived and found to drop sharply when the seeds are distributed at constant Jeans length in a dense environment. |
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