Competitive Accretion in Clusters and the IMF

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2000-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001462v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Proc. of 33rd ESLAB Symp. "Star Formation from the Small to the Large Scale" (F. Favato, A.A. Laas & A. Wilson Eds, ESA SP-445

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Observations have revealed that most stars are born in clusters. As these clusters typically contain more mass in gas than in stars, accretion can play an important role in determining the final stellar masses. Numerical simulations of gas accretion in stellar clusters have found that the stars compete for the available reservoir of gas. The accretion rates are highly nonuniform and are determined primarily by each star's position in the cluster. Stars in the centre accrete more gas, resulting in initial mass segregation. This competitive accretion naturally results in a mass spectrum and is potentially the dominant mechanism for producing the initial mass function. Furthermore, accretion on to the core of a cluster forces it to shrink, which may result in formation of massive stars through collisions.

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