Stellar multiplicity and the initial mass function: Most stars are single

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 640, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Lada, Charles J ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645517492     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503158     Document Type: Article

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