Observational evidence for a different initial mass function in the early Galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 625, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 833-837

  Lucatello, Sara ^a,b   Gratton, Raffaele G ^a   Beers, Timothy C ^c   Carretta, Eugenio ^a,d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: stellar content; Stars: AGB and post AGB

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544480838     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428105     Document Type: Review

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