Poster abstract
The Vela Molecular Ridge: a laboratory for testing physical scenarios leading to a standard IMF
Abstract
The Vela Molecular Ridge is a close-by (d ~ 700 pc) Giant Molecular Cloud Complex in the Galactic Plane hosting intermediate-mass star formation.
Many young embedded star clusters are emerging from the parental gas, enabling one to study their IMF with the same observational and instrumental biases.
A 1 square degrees area of cloud D has been observed in a wide range of wavelengths, with imaging and maps in the NIR, MID to FIR (Spitzer, BLAST), and in the mm continuum and line (SEST). These data allowed us to derive a molecular clump mass function and to compare the IMFs of the associated clusters. I will present the results and shortly discuss the caveats to be taken into account in such determination.
Many young embedded star clusters are emerging from the parental gas, enabling one to study their IMF with the same observational and instrumental biases.
A 1 square degrees area of cloud D has been observed in a wide range of wavelengths, with imaging and maps in the NIR, MID to FIR (Spitzer, BLAST), and in the mm continuum and line (SEST). These data allowed us to derive a molecular clump mass function and to compare the IMFs of the associated clusters. I will present the results and shortly discuss the caveats to be taken into account in such determination.