Evidence for a fundamental stellar upper mass limit from clustered star formation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Weidner, C ^a   Kroupa, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: early type; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; STARS;

GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; INITIAL MASS; MASS FUNCTIONS; MASSIVE STARS; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS FORMATION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STARS:EARLY TYPE; STELLARS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 1142276365     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07340.x     Document Type: Review

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