The initial mass function of the galactic bulge down to ∼0.15 m⊙1

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 418-428

  Zoccali, Manuela ^a,b   Cassisi, Santi ^c   Frogel, Jay A ^d   Gould, Andrew ^d   Ortolani, Sergio ^a,b   Renzini, Alvio ^b   Rich, R Michael ^e   Stephens, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared: stars; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040558022     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308359     Document Type: Article

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