Chemical consequences of low star formation rates: Stochastically sampling the initial mass function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 582-594

  Carigi, L ^a,b   Hernandez, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxy: stellar content; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; INITIAL MASS; MASS FUNCTIONS; STAR FORMATION RATES; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STARS: STATISTICS; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

STARS;

EID: 53449093514     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13743.x     Document Type: Article

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