Star Formation in Different Environments: The Initial Mass Function

Matthew W. Hosek,Jessica R. Lu,Morten Andersen,Tuan Do,Dongwon Kim,Nicholas Z. Rui,Peter Boyle,Benjamin F. Williams,Sukanya Chakrabarti,Rachael L. Beaton

Star Formation in Different Environments: The Initial Mass Function

2019

Matthew W. Hosek
Jessica R. Lu
Morten Andersen
Tuan Do
Dongwon Kim
Nicholas Z. Rui
Peter Boyle
Benjamin F. Williams
Sukanya Chakrabarti
Rachael L. Beaton

We discuss new opportunities for measuring the Initial Mass Function across a wide range of environments in the coming decade with JWST, WFIRST, and thirty-meter class telescopes.

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Astronomy
Astrophysics
Initial mass function
Physics
Star formation

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