The IMF in Starbursts

Details The IMF in Starbursts The IMF in Starbursts

2004-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411193v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, to be published in ``Starbursts: from 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies,'' held at Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

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The history of the IMF in starburst regions is reviewed. The IMFs are no longer believed to be top-heavy, although some superstar clusters, whether in starburst regions or not, could be. General observations of the IMF are discussed to put the starburst results in perspective. Observed IMF variations seem to suggest that the IMF varies a little with environment in the sense that denser and more massive clusters produce more massive stars, and perhaps more brown dwarfs too, compared to intermediate mass stars.

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