Papers on the Stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF):

Hayashi and the Thermal Physics of Star-Forming Clouds.  R. B. Larson, 2012, in “First Stars IV – From Hayashi to the Future”, meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, May 2012, in honor of Chushiro Hayashi, eds. M. Umemura & K. Omukai (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1480),  p. 38.   (PDF)   (slides)

The Origin of the Initial Mass Function.  I. A. Bonnell, R. B. Larson, & H. Zinnecker, 2007, in “Protostars and Planets V”, conference at Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 2005, eds. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, & K. Keil (University of Arizona Press, Tucson),  p. 149.  (PDF)

Understanding the Stellar Initial Mass Function.   R. B. Larson, 2006, in “XI IAU Regional Latin American Meeting of Astronomy”, Pucon, Chile, December 2005, eds. L. Infante, M. Rubio, & S. Torres-Peimbert (Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, Serie de Conferencias, Vol. 26),  p. 55.  (PDF)

The Stellar Mass Spectrum from Non-Isothermal Gravoturbulent Fragmentation.  A.-K. Jappsen, R. S. Klessen, R. B. Larson, Y. Li, & M.-M. Mac Low, 2005, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 435, 611.  (PDF)

Thermal Physics, Cloud Geometry, and the Stellar Initial Mass Function.  R. B. Larson, 2005, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 359, 211.  (PDF)

The Stellar Mass Spectrum from Non-Isothermal Gravoturbulent Fragmentation.  R. Klessen, K. Jappsen, R. Larson, Y. Li, M.-M. Mac Low, 2005, in “The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later”, meeting at Abbazia di Spineto, Siena, Italy, May 2004, eds. E. Corbelli, F. Palla, & H. Zinnecker (Springer, Dordrecht),  p. 363.  (PDF)

Understanding the IMF.  R. B. Larson, 2005, in “The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later”, meeting at Abbazia di Spineto, Siena, Italy, May 2004, eds. E. Corbelli, F. Palla, & H. Zinnecker (Springer, Dordrecht),  p. 329.  (PDF)

The Stellar Initial Mass Function and Beyond.   R. B. Larson, 2003, in “Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum”, IAOC Workshop in La Serena, Chile, March 2002, eds. J. M. De Buizer & N. S. van der Bliek (ASP Conference Series, Vol. 287),  p. 65.  (PDF)

The Stellar Initial Mass Function.   R. B. Larson, 1999, in “Star Formation 1999”, meeting in Nagoya, Japan, June 1999, ed. T. Nakamoto (Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama),  p. 336.  (PDF)

The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Constraints from Young Clusters, and Theoretical Perspectives.  M. R. Meyer, F. C. Adams, L. A. Hillenbrand, J. M. Carpenter, & R. B. Larson, 2000, in “Protostars and Planets IV”, conference in Santa Barbara, California, July 1998, eds. V. Mannings, A. P. Boss, & S. S. Russell (University of Arizona Press, Tucson),  p. 121.  (PDF)

Early Star Formation and the Evolution of the Stellar Initial Mass Function in Galaxies.  R. B. Larson, 1998, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 301, 569.  (PDF)

Star Formation in Groups.  R. B. Larson, 1995, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 272, 213.  (PDF)

Galaxy Formation and Evolution.  R. B. Larson, 1992, in “Star Formation in Stellar Systems”, lectures presented at a winter school in Tenerife, Spain, December 1991, eds. G. Tenorio-Tagle, M. Prieto, & F. Sanchez  (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge),  p. 125.  (PDF)

Towards Understanding the Stellar Initial Mass Function.  R. B. Larson, 1992, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 256, 641.  (PDF)

Some Processes Influencing the Stellar Initial Mass Function.  R. B. Larson, 1991, in “Fragmentation of Molecular Clouds and Star Formation”, IAU Symposium 147, Grenoble, France, June 1990, eds. E. Falgarone, F. Boulanger, & G. Duvert (Kluwer, Dordrecht),  p. 261.  PDF)

Fragmentation and the Initial Mass Function.   R. B. Larson, 1989, in “Structure and Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium”, IAU Colloquium 120, held on the Occasion of Guido's Jubilee, Granada Spain, April 1989, eds. G. Tenorio-Tagle, M. Moles, & J. Melnick (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 350),  p. 44.  (PDF)

The Initial Mass Function.  R. B. Larson, 1988, in “Galactic and Extragalactic Star Formation”, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Whistler, British Columbia, June-July 1988, eds. R. E. Pudritz & M. Fich (Kluwer, Dordrecht),   p. 635.  (PDF)

Bimodal Star Formation and Remnant-Dominated Galactic Models.  R. B. Larson, 1987, in “Dark Matter and the Universe”, IAU Symposium 117, Princeton, New Jersey, June 1985, eds. J. Kormendy & G. R. Knapp (Kluwer, Dordrecht), p. 413.  (PDF)

Bimodal Star Formation and Remnant-Dominated Galactic Models.  R. B. Larson, 1986, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 218, 409.  (PDF)

Cloud Fragmentation and Stellar Masses.  R. B. Larson, 1985, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 214, 379.  (PDF)

Mass Spectra of Young Stars.  R. B. Larson, 1982, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 200, 159.  (PDF)

Calculations of Three-dimensional Collapse and Fragmentation.  R. B. Larson, 1978, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 184, 69.  (PDF)

A Simple Probablistic Theory of Fragmentation.   R. B. Larson, 1973, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 161, 133.  (PDF)