Numerical biases on initial mass function determinations created by binning

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 629, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 873-880

  Apellániz, J Maíz ^a,b   Ubeda L ^a  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

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EID: 25444487253     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431458     Document Type: Article

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