Whitworth, Anthony Peter ![]() |
Abstract
We present a simple theory for the evolution of turblence in the interstellar medium which explains why the mass function for clumps in star-forming molecular clouds has a knee around 0.5 M⊙ and hence potentially why the Initial Mass Function for star formation becomes much shallower below this mass
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Physics and Astronomy |
Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
Additional Information: | Poster meeting abstract. |
Publisher: | International Astronomical Union |
ISBN: | 9781583811610 |
Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2022 10:03 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68776 |
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