Detailed analysis of open clusters: A mass function break and evidence of a fundamental plane

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 437, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 483-500

  Bonatto, C ^a   Bica, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pen clusters and associations: general

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; GALAXIES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLOUR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS (CMD); LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS (LF); MASS FUNCTIONS (MF); OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 21644461716     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042516     Document Type: Article

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