Universality Challenged: the stellar Initial Mass Function and its possible variations
The possibility that the stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF) might depend on star-formation environment, and vary with location and/or over time, is a vigorously debated topic, and one with relevance to many fields of astrophysics. This parallel session at NAM2019 will address this subject, with a broad scope to include: direct (resolved photometry) and indirect (integrated-light spectroscopy, dynamics/lensing) methods; the high- and low-mass IMF regimes; implications for star-formation and galaxy-evolution models. This will be the first IMF-focussed session at NAM since 2014, and provide a forum for discussing progress in the past half-decade, and priorities for future research.
R. Smith, M. Gunawardhana
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