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arxiv:2503.14812

IMF slope derived from a pure probabilistic model

Published on Mar 19, 2025
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The relationship between the slope of the initial mass function and the radius-density relation in molecular clouds is derived probabilistically and aligns with numerical simulations and observations.

The stellar initial mass function is of great significance for the study of star formation and galactic structure. Observations indicate that the IMF follows a power-law form. This work derived that when the expected number of stars formed from a spherical molecular cloud is much greater than 1, there is a relationship between the slope alpha of the IMF and r^n in the radius-density relation of spherically symmetric gas clouds, given by alpha = 3/(n+3) (Gamma_{IMF} = n/(n+3)). This conclusion is close to the results of numerical simulations and observations, but it is derived from a pure probabilistic model, which may have underlying reasons worth pondering.

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