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Table 4
CMFs and predicted IMFs of the W43-MM2&MM3 protocluster: uncertainty evaluation and predicted evolution.
| Mass range (M⊙) | α | Associated figure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference CMF for | CMF (using getsf cores from the denoised & bsens image) | 0.8–69.9 | −0.95 ± 0.04 | Fig. 5a |
| cores extracted in the original & cleanest image | 1.2–75.6 | −0.86 ± 0.04 | Fig. 7a | |
| masses computed with a constant Tdust | 0.8–492 | −0. 83 ± 0. 03 | Fig. 7b | |
| masses computed with a linear function of κ13mm with the mass | 0.8–46.6 | −1.02 ± 0.03 | Fig. 7c | |
| IMF for | a constant mass conversion efficiency, єcore = 50% | 0.4–35.0 | −0. 95 0. 04 | Fig. 9a |
| a linear function with the mass of єcore ∝ M | 0.44–69.9 | −0.59 ± 0.04 | Fig. 9a | |
a dependence on core density of  |
0.44–44.6 | −0.67 ± 0.06 | Fig. 9a | |
| IMF for | thermal Jeans fragmentation with єcore = 50% | 0.4–1.6 | −3.46 ± 0.55 | Fig. 9b |
| an analytical function of Nfrag ∝ M0.4 with єcore = 50% | 0.3–3.9 | −1.42 ± 0.10 | Fig. 9b | |
| a fractal hierarchical cascade with єcore = 50% | 0.27–23.3 | −1.00 ± 0.04 | Fig. 9c | |
| a fractal hierarchical cascade with єcore ∝ M | 0.004–46.6 | −0.49 ± 0.06 | Fig. 9c | |
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