The Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center

Details The Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center The Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center

2000-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011422v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Galactic Center contains the most massive young clusters in the Galaxy and serves as the closest example of a massive starburst region. Our recent results suggest that the Galactic Center environment produces massive clusters with relatively flat initial mass functions, as might be expected on theoretical grounds. I will discuss these recent results, along with evidence for star formation in the immediate vicinity of the super massive black hole at the Galactic Center. The results of this work might be useful in extrapolating to other galactic centers with similar conditions, as well as other starburst regions.

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