The initial mass function and stellar birthrate in the solar neighborhood

• 1 November 1979
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
• Vol. 41, 513-547
• https://doi.org/10.1086/190629

Abstract

Keywords

• COSMOLOGY
• SOLAR SYSTEM
• STELLAR EVOLUTION
• STELLAR MASS
• GAS DENSITY
• MAIN SEQUENCE STARS
• MILKY WAY GALAXY
• NUCLEAR FUSION
• PLANETARY NEBULAE
• STELLAR LUMINOSITY
• STELLAR MASS ACCRETION
• STELLAR MASS EJECTION
• SUPERNOVAE
• WHITE DWARF STARS