The scale-free character of the cluster mass function and the universality of the stellar initial mass function

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 689, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 816-824

  Selman, Fernando J ^a   Melnick, Jorge ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxy: stellar content; Mass function; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149119650     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590481     Document Type: Article

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