Is the initial mass function of low surface brightness galaxies dominated by low-mass stars?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Lee, Hyun Chul ^a,b   Gibson, Brad K ^a   Flynn, Chris ^a,c   Kawata, Daisuke ^a   Beasley, Michael A ^a,d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: stellar content; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FUNCTIONS; LUMINANCE; STARS;

GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXY: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER GALAXY: STELLAR CONTENT; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; INITIAL MASS; LOW-MASS STARS; MASS FUNCTIONS; ROTATION CURVES; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 4544220479     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08049.x     Document Type: Article

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