Starts With A Bang podcast #130 – the initial mass function of stars
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One of the most foundational questions we know how to ask in astronomy is simply this: given a cloud of gas of a given mass, what types of stars will form? How many stars of a given mass will you wind up with, and what factors does that depend on? The answer to this question, if we can give an answer, is known as the “initial mass function,” and is generally very difficult to measure except in the most nearby of places: within our own Milky Way.
It’s possible that every time we form stars,
It’s possible that every time we form stars,
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