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A New Theory of Star Formation: Analytical Mass Function and Star Formation Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A. Di Fazio
A. Di Fazio*
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Viale del Parco Mellini 84, I-00136, Roma, Italy

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An analytical, theoretical, time-dependent initial mass function is derived for the objects created in the fragmentation of a gravitationally unstable gas protocloud. The mass spectrum depends on the chemical-dynamical-radiative evolution of the protocloud and it peaks at a mass slightly greater than the minimum Jeans mass attained throughout the evolution. A fragmentation rate mass spectrum is also analytically derived.

Type
I. Star Forming Processes in the Solar Neighborhood
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 115: Star Forming Regions , 1987 , pp. 442 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987