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Star Formation

Star formation is the astrophysical process by which stars are created through the gravitational collapse of molecular clouds and interstellar gas and dust.

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Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003

Gustavo Bruzual, S. Charlot · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 10.6K citations · Full text

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Galactic Stellar and Substellar Initial Mass Function

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 2003 · 9K citations · Full text

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The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.

E. E. Salpeter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1955 · 8.7K citations

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On the variation of the initial mass function

Pavel Kroupa · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2001 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1998 · 6.6K citations · Full text

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  1. LH
    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    186 publications · 43.2K citations

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  2. VS
    Volker Springel

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    152 publications · 43.1K citations

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  3. MD
    Mark Dickinson

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    143 publications · 32.2K citations

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  4. RS
    Ralf S. Klessen

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    231 publications · 21.6K citations

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  5. AM
    Anton M. Koekemoer

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    199 publications · 23.4K citations

    81

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    241 h-index

    5.3K publications

    690.4K citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    222 h-index

    4.2K publications

    452.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    219 h-index

    10.9K publications

    1.1M citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    198 h-index

    1.7K publications

    258.9K citations

  5. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    196 h-index

    3.1K publications

    354.6K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    193 h-index

    3.7K publications

    338.3K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    188 h-index

    2.6K publications

    343.2K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    187 h-index

    2.2K publications

    253.5K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 8.9K publications · 859.7K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    7.3K publications · 607.4K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    3.8K publications · 259.8K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 1.4K publications · 104K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    434 publications · 69.9K citations

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See also

Star Formation

Physical Mechanisms

Evolutionary Stages

Environmental Factors

Observational Tracers

Theoretical Models