A universal stellar initial mass function? A critical look at variations
N Bastian, KR Covey, MR Meyer - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Whether the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is universal or is instead sensitive to
environmental conditions is of critical importance: The IMF influences most observable …
environmental conditions is of critical importance: The IMF influences most observable …
The formation and early evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
KL Luhman - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of large numbers of young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs over the past
decade has made it possible to investigate star formation and early evolution in a previously …
decade has made it possible to investigate star formation and early evolution in a previously …
The 2014 ALMA long baseline campaign: first results from high angular resolution observations toward the HL Tau region
ABSTRACT We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations
from the 2014 Long Baseline Campaign in dust continuum and spectral line emission from …
from the 2014 Long Baseline Campaign in dust continuum and spectral line emission from …
The mass dependence between protoplanetary disks and their stellar hosts
We present a substantial extension of the millimeter (mm) wave continuum photometry
catalog for circumstellar dust disks in the Taurus star-forming region, based on a new" …
catalog for circumstellar dust disks in the Taurus star-forming region, based on a new" …
Galactic stellar and substellar initial mass function1
G Chabrier - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent determinations of the present‐day mass function (PDMF) and initial mass
function (IMF) in various components of the Galaxy—disk, spheroid, young, and globular …
function (IMF) in various components of the Galaxy—disk, spheroid, young, and globular …
An optical spectroscopic study of T Tauri stars. I. Photospheric properties
GJ Herczeg, LA Hillenbrand - The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Estimates of the mass and age of young stars from their location in the HR diagram are
limited by not only the typical observational uncertainties that apply to field stars, but also by …
limited by not only the typical observational uncertainties that apply to field stars, but also by …
[PDF][PDF] The stellar and sub-stellar IMF of simple and composite populations
P Kroupa, C Weidner, J Pflamm-Altenburg… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2011 - Citeseer
The current knowledge on the stellar IMF is documented. It is usually described as being
invariant, but evidence to the contrary has emerged: it appears to become top-heavy when …
invariant, but evidence to the contrary has emerged: it appears to become top-heavy when …
Gaia EDR3 reveals the substructure and complicated star formation history of the Greater Taurus-Auriga star-forming complex
DM Krolikowski, AL Kraus… - The Astronomical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Taurus-Auriga complex is the prototypical low-mass star-forming region, and
provides a unique testbed of the star formation process, which left observable imprints on …
provides a unique testbed of the star formation process, which left observable imprints on …
Very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in Taurus-Auriga
We present high-resolution optical spectra obtained with the HIRES spectrograph on the
WM Keck I Telescope of seven low-mass T Tauri stars (LMTTs) and brown dwarfs in Taurus …
WM Keck I Telescope of seven low-mass T Tauri stars (LMTTs) and brown dwarfs in Taurus …
Mapping the shores of the Brown Dwarf desert. II. Multiple star formation in Taurus–Auriga
We have conducted a high-resolution imaging study of the Taurus–Auriga star-forming
region in order to characterize the primordial outcome of multiple star formation and the …
region in order to characterize the primordial outcome of multiple star formation and the …