Journal
COMPUTATIONAL STAR FORMATION
Volume -, Issue 270, Pages 159-168Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311000329
Keywords
STARS: formation; ISM: clouds; gravitation; turbulence
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We review the various theories which have been proposed along the years to explain the origin of the stellar initial mass function. We pay particular attention to four models, namely the competitive accretion and the theories based respectively on stopped accretion, MHD shocks and turbulent dispersion. In each case, we derive the main assumptions and calculations that support each theory and stress their respective successes and failures or difficulties.
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