7 papers
Individual Star Sampling in Star Formation Simulations: A Semi-Deterministic Model
Yunwei Deng, Hui Li, Zhiqiang Yan +2
In modern simulations that include star formation, it is common to use a universal and invariant initial mass function (IMF) to represent star populations or sample individual star…
Limited imprint of high-mass IMF variations on sodium abundances in main-sequence galaxies
Ziyi Guo, Donatella Romano, Zhiqiang Yan +10
Growing evidence suggests that the stellar initial mass function (IMF) varies systematically across galaxies, deviating from the canonical Milky Way form. Such variations would mod…
The mmax-Mecl relation in the LEGUS clusters
Marie Zinnkann, Tereza Jerabkova, Zhiqiang Yan +6
The relation between the maximum stellar mass in a very young cluster (mmax) and the total stellar mass of the cluster (Mecl), known as the mmax-Mecl relation, remains debated in t…
HR-GO II: chemical abundances of low- retrograde dynamically-tagged-groups: Revealing Thamnos as a very metal-poor substructure
Renjing Xie, Zhen Yuan, Haining Li +12
Milky Way halo substructures identified in dynamical space are known to suffer from contamination from the Milky Way in-situ stars, which makes their accreted origins uncertain. We…
Massive Star Formation at Supersolar Metallicities: Constraints on the Initial Mass Function
Eda Gjergo, Zhiyu Zhang, Pavel Kroupa +6
Metals enhance the cooling efficiency of molecular clouds, promoting fragmentation. Consequently, increasing the metallicity may boost the formation of low-mass stars. Within the i…
Cosmic Threads: Interlinking the Stellar Initial Mass Function from Star-Birth to Galaxies
Tereza Jerabkova, Donatella Romano, Pavel Kroupa +19
The stellar initial mass function (sIMF) describes the distribution of stellar masses formed in a single star formation event in a molecular cloud clump. It is fundamental to astro…