Statistical confirmation of a stellar upper mass limit

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 620, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages

  Oey, M S ^a   Clarke, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: stellar content; Open clusters and associations: general; Stars: early type; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944407201     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428396     Document Type: Article

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