Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores
Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores
We derive an analytical theory of the prestellar core initial mass function based on an extension of the Press-Schechter statistical formalism. With the same formalism, we also obtain the mass spectrum for the non self-gravitating clumps produced in supersonic flows. The mass spectrum of the self-gravitating cores reproduces very well …