The impact of the turbulent Mach number on star formation and the initial mass function

arXiv:2609.38937 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-30 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-09-30

Terminology

• Velocity Dispersion — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cooperation — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Mass Function (IMF) — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Equation of State (EoS) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Star Formation Efficiency (SFE) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The initial mass function : from Salpeter 1955 to 2005
• Computational advances and challenges in simulations of turbulence and star formation
• Jets and Outflows From Star to Cloud: Observations Confront Theory
• The Origin and Universality of the Stellar Initial Mass Function
• The Origin and Evolution of Multiple Star Systems
• The multiplicity of massive stars

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