Can stellar yields accurately constrain the upper limit to the initial mass function?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 501, Issue 2 PART 1, 1998, Pages 675-679

  Gibson, Brad K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Stars: luminosity, mass function; Stars: supernovae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032503810     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305832     Document Type: Article

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