2009MNRAS.399L..94K

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2009MNRAS.399L..94K - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 399, L94-L98 (2009/October-2)

The initial core mass function due to ambipolar diffusion in molecular clouds.

KUNZ M.W. and MOUSCHOVIAS T.Ch.

Abstract (from CDS):

We show that the ambipolar-diffusion-initiated fragmentation of molecular clouds leads simply and naturally to an initial core mass function (CMF) which is very similar to the initial stellar mass function (IMF) and is in excellent agreement with existing observations. This agreement is robust provided that the three (input) free parameters remain within their range of values suggested by observations. Other, observationally testable, predictions are made.

Abstract Copyright: © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 RAS

Journal keyword(s): diffusion - magnetic fields - stars: formation - stars: luminosity function, mass function - ISM: clouds - ISM: individual: Orion

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Orion Molecular Cloud MoC 05 56 -01.8           ~ 1227 1
2 NAME Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud SFR 16 28 06 -24 32.5           ~ 3969 1

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