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stellar birth rate function

(function describing the birth rate of stars by mass)

A stellar birth rate function is a function giving the star formation rate of stars by mass, in effect, the result of both the SF Rate and an initial mass function.


(model,relation,stars,mass,function,star formation)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_mass_function
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApJ...151..547T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...808...45G/abstract

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