Derek Ward-Thompson Jeremiah Horrocks Institute University of Central Lancashire Oxford ALMA Band 11 Meeting – March 2013

Core mass function and stellar IMF – exploring a causal relation (A&A 518, L102)

VLA 1x0.5” (Herschel 15-30”) Merlin 0.1x0.05” (ALMA ”)

 ALMA Bands 1-10 don’t give temp.  Herschel et al too low resolution  No high-res 200-um alternative planned  Need temperature for column density  Need column density for mass  Need mass for astrophysics  We need ALMA Band 11……  ……please build it !