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astro-ph1999
The Formation of the First Stars
Richard B. Larson
The first bound star-forming systems in the universe are predicted to form at redshifts of about 30 and to have masses of the order of 10^6 M_sun. Although their sizes and masses a…
astro-ph1999
The Stellar Initial Mass Function
Richard B. Larson
The current status of both the observational evidence and the theory of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is reviewed, with particular attention to the two basic, apparently…
astro-ph1999
The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Constraints from Young Clusters and Theoretical Perspectives
Michael R. Meyer, Fred C. Adams, Lynne A. Hillenbrand +2
We summarize recent observational and theoretical progress aimed at understanding the origin of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) with specific focus on galactic star-forming…