[ASA] REMINDER: The History and Mystery Series - A. Hopkins

[GIULIA GOLINI]

Dear ASA Community,

This is just a reminder of our first History and Mystery talk!

Andrew Hopkins (Macquarie University)
The History and Mystery of the stellar Initial Mass Function

The birth of stars and the formation of galaxies are cornerstones of modern astrophysics. While much is known about how galaxies globally and their stars individually form and evolve, one fundamental property that affects both remains elusive. This is problematic because this key property, the birth mass distribution of stars, referred to as the stellar initial mass function (IMF), is a key tracer of the physics of star formation that underpins almost all of the unknowns in galaxy and stellar evolution. It is perhaps the greatest source of systematic uncertainty in star and galaxy evolution. I will trace the history of measurements of the stellar IMF spanning the past seven decades, showing how the discussion has evolved, with a flavour for some of the personalities and conflicts along the way. I will introduce how arguments for the case that the IMF varies has slowly made an impact over the past two decades, and present some of the recent work and potential future directions for the field.


When: Thu. 10 September 1:00 pm–2:00 pm AEST (11:00 am–12:00 pm AWST)
Where: Online via Zoom

If you haven’t registered yet, here is the link:

https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/70EUCMwGxOt9zJlrPHwfZZi8Q0z-?domain=trybooking.com


On behalf of the ASA ECR Committee,
Giulia



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Dr Giulia Golini
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School of Physics, UNSW Sydney
Email: g.golini at unsw.edu.au


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