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Mass functions for various objects are elaborated from observational data. Their shapes are compared among themselves quantitatively. A striking similarity suggest the hypothesis that all the different kinds of astrophysical objects considered were formed by essentially the same process. Theoretical mass functions, based on the hypothesis of fragmentation due to gravitational instability (Di Fazio, 1985), are compared with the observations, yielding a remarkably good agreement.
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Di Fazio, A., Capuzzo Dolcetta, R. (1986). Theoretical and Observational Evidence for the Existence of a Single Fragmentation Law, and Galactic Evolution.. In: Chiosi, C., Renzini, A. (eds) Spectral Evolution of Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 122. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4598-2_4
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