Observational evidence for a truncation of the star cluster initial mass function at the high mass end

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Gieles, M ^a   Larsen, S S ^b   Scheepmaker, R A ^a   Bastian, N ^c   Haas, M R ^a   Lamers, H J G L M ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Astronomical Institute   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual: M 51; Galaxies: star clusters; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPACE RESEARCH;

GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: M 51; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL;

GALAXIES;

EID: 31544446591     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500224     Document Type: Article

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