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The Salpeter IMF and its descendants (1910.01126v1)
Published 2 Oct 2019 in astro-ph.SR and astro-ph.GA
Abstract: The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is the key to understanding the matter cycle in the Universe. Edwin Salpeter's paper of 1955 founded this research field. Evidence today, however, challenges the initial mass function as an invariant probability distribution function.
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