Microlensing constraints on the Galactic bulge initial mass function

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 723-733

  Novati, S Calchi ^a,b   De Luca, F ^c   Jetzer, Ph ^c   Mancini, L ^a,b   Scarpetta, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: stellar contents; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

GALACTIC BULGE; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; OPTICAL DEPTH ANALYSIS; STELLAR CONTENTS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 41449091871     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078439     Document Type: Article

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