Evidence for a turnover in the initial mass function of low-mass stars and substellar objects: Analysis from an ensemble of young clusters

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 683, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Andersen, M ^a   Meyer, M R ^b   Greissl, J ^b   Aversa, A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown dwarfs; Mass function; Stars: low mass; Stars: luminosity function; Stars: pre main sequence; Subject headings: stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049137247     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591473     Document Type: Article

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