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Title:
The Formation Mechanism and Resulting Properties of Brown Dwarfs
Authors:
Bate, Matthew R.; Bonnell, Ian A.; Bromm, Volker
Affiliation:
AA(School of Physics, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom), AB(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom), AC(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA)
Publication:
Brown Dwarfs, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #211, held 20-24 May 2002 at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Edited by Eduardo Martín. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003, .p. 27
Publication Date:
06/2003
Origin:
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Bibliographic Code:
2003IAUS..211...27B

Abstract

We present results from the most complex hydrodynamical star formation calculation performed to date. It follows the collapse and fragmentation of a large-scale turbulent molecular cloud to form dozens of stars and brown dwarfs. It resolves all fragmentation down to the opacity limit, binary stars with separations as small as 1 AU, and circumstellar disks with radii down to ≈ 10 AU. In this proceedings, we examine the formation mechanism of the brown dwarfs and compare the initial mass function and the properties of the brown dwarfs with observations.

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