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astro-ph2008★ 33 cited
Simulating star formation in molecular cloud cores IV. The role of turbulence and thermodynamics
R. E. Attwood, S. P. Goodwin, D. Stamatellos +1
We perform SPH simulations of the collapse and fragmentation of low-mass cores having different initial levels of turbulence (alpha_turb=0.05,0.10,0.25). We use a new treatment of…
astro-ph2007★ 78 cited
The relationship between the prestellar core mass function and the stellar initial mass function
Simon P Goodwin, Dave Nutter, Pavel Kroupa +2
Stars form from dense molecular cores, and the mass function of these cores (the CMF) is often found to be similar to the form of the stellar initial mass function (IMF). This sugg…