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astro-ph2006★ 66 cited
The Stellar Mass Spectrum in Warm and Dusty Gas: Deviations from Salpeter in the Galactic Centre and in Circum-Nuclear Starburst Regions
Ralf S. Klessen, Marco Spaans, Anne-Katharina Jappsen
Understanding the origin of stellar masses is a key problem in astrophysics. In the solar neighborhood, the mass distribution of stars follows a seemingly universal pattern. In the…
astro-ph2006★ 25 cited
Molecular Cloud Turbulence and Star Formation
J. Ballesteros-Paredes, R. S. Klessen, M. -M. Mac Low +1
We review the properties of turbulent molecular clouds (MCs), focusing on the physical processes that influence star formation (SF). MC formation appears to occur during large-scal…