The luminosity functions of embedded stellar clusters. I. Method of solution and analytic results

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 313-328

  Fletcher, André B ^a   Stahler, Steven W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: evolution; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044253229     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/174815     Document Type: Article

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