The Stellar and Sub-Stellar Initial Mass Function
Results: debate over invariance
- data do show evidence for regional variations but statistical fluctuations are not necessarily exceeded
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- extremes do not reveal the expected trends/biases in the emergent IMF with
- metallicity (LMC, globular clusters, solar)
- stellar density (3-4 orders of magnitude)
- cloud temperature or pressure
- age (ə Myr to ᡄ Gyr)
- the IMF really is just a probability distribution
Log [ x (log (M / Msun))]