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The origin of very low-mass stars (VLMS) and brown dwarfs (BDs) is still an unresolved topic of star formation. We here present numerical simulations of the formation of VLMS, BDs, and planet mass objects (planemos) resulting from the gravitational collapse and fragmentation of solar mass molecular cores with varying rotation rates and initial density perturbations. Our simulations yield various types of binary systems including the combinations VLMS-VLMS, BD-BD, planemo-planemo, VLMS-BD, VLMS-planemos, BD-planemo. Our scheme successfully addresses the formation of wide VLMS and BD binaries with semi-major axis up to 441 AU and produces a spectrum of mass ratios closer to the observed mass ratio distribution (q > 0.5). Molecular cores with moderate values of the ratio of kinetic to gravitational potential energy (0.16 <= beta <= 0.21) produce planemos. Solar mass cores with rotational parameters beta outside of this range yield either VLMS/BDs or a combination of both. With regard to the mass ratios we find that for both types of binary systems the mass ratio distribution varies in the range 0.31 <= q <= 0.74. We note that in the presence of radiative feedback, the length scale of fragmentation would increase by approximately two orders of magnitude, implying that the formation of binaries may be efficient for wide orbits, while being suppressed for short-orbit systems.
It is estimated that ~60% of all stars (including brown dwarfs) have masses below 0.2Msun. Currently, there is no consensus on how these objects form. I will briefly review the four main theories for the formation of low-mass objects: turbulent fragm
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We suggest that a high proportion of brown dwarfs are formed by gravitational fragmentation of massive, extended discs around Sun-like stars. We argue that such discs should arise frequently, but should be observed infrequently, precisely because the