2 papers
astro-ph.SR2020
A Multiple Power Law Distribution for Initial Mass Functions
Christopher Essex, Shantanu Basu, Janett Prehl +1
We introduce a new multi-power-law distribution for the Initial Mass Function (IMF) to explore its potential properties. It follows on prior work that introduced mechanisms account…
astro-ph.SR2018
A Dual Power Law Distribution for the Stellar Initial Mass Function
Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Christopher Essex, Shantanu Basu +1
We introduce a new dual power law (DPL) probability distribution function for the mass distribution of stellar and substellar objects at birth, otherwise known as the initial mass…