Stellar and substellar mass function. Formation of stars and brown dwarfs

Séminaire IPAG de Gilles Chabrier (CRAL), jeudi 23 mai 2013 à 11h00, IPAG seminar room

I will present our current knowledge of the dtermination of the initial stellar and substellar mass function in the field and in young open clusters. I will then detail the main scenarii of stellar and brown dwarf formation that I will confront to current observational constraints.