Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 1 figure (converted to bitmap), to appear in "Science with the LBT", proceedings of a workshop held at Ringberg Castl
Scientific paper
The stellar initial mass function (IMF) describes how many stars form at which mass. Despite recent observational progress, many fundamental properties of the IMF are still unknown. Specifically the question, whether starbursts are biased towards the formation of more massive stars, is controversially discussed in the literature. This presentation gives an overview of how the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) will contribute to answering this question. I will present (a) the status quo of the IMF research in starbursts, (b) the importance of direct star counts in nearby templates, (c) the need for spectroscopy, (d) the advantage of the LBT over its competitors, and (e) what additional instrumentation I would like to see at the LBT for the proper investigation of the most massive starforming regions.
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