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I will present results from my latest star cluster formation
calculation which is due to be completed at the end of June.
Earlier calculations modelled the collapse of 50 solar-mass molecular
clouds to form small stellar clusters containing a few dozens of
stars and brown dwarfs. They produced a variety of predictions for
the properties of stars and brown dwarfs which are currently being tested
by observations. The new calculation models a cloud 10 times larger
and is expected to form around 1000 stars and brown dwarfs by the time
it is completed. This calculation will provide much better statistics
for the IMF, binarity, circumstellar disc and other properties than the
earlier calculations. It will also be the first hydrodynamical
calculation that produces a star cluster containing stars ranging
from the lowest-mass brown dwarf through to stars of ~10 solar masses
and will therefore be more comparable to clusters such as IC348 and
the Orion Trapezium Cluster than the previous smaller calculations.
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