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astro-ph.SR2009★ 192 cited
The Simultaneous Formation of Massive Stars and Stellar Clusters
Rowan J. Smith, Steven Longmore, Ian Bonnell
We show that massive stars and stellar clusters are formed simultaneously, the global evolution of the forming cluster is what allows the central stars to become massive. We predic…
astro-ph.GA2009★ 90 cited
Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds and its connection to the IMF
Rowan J. Smith, Paul C. Clark, Ian A. Bonnell
We present an analysis of star-forming gas cores in an SPH simulation of a Giant Molecular Cloud. We identify cores using their deep potential wells. This yields a smoother distrib…