Note on star formation by gravitational fragmentation
Abstract
The possibility of star formation by gravitational fragmentation is considered. There is a lower limit for the mass of a fragment, which is defined by the cooling mechanism and opacity. The minimum mass obtained coincides with the stellar mass for the contemporary conditions as well as for ones for the formation of stars of the first generation.
- Publication:
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Soviet Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- December 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1976SvA....19..403S
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Gravitational Collapse;
- Star Formation;
- Cooling;
- Early Stars;
- Fragmentation;
- Rarefied Gases;
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics