Early star formation and the evolution of the stellar initial mass function in galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 569-581

  Larson, Richard B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COSMOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; STARS;

DARK MATTER; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MASS FUNCTIONS; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS FORMATION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STELLAR MASS; STELLARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 1542631737     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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