The massive star initial mass function of the Arches cluster

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 563-583

  Espinoza, P ^a,b   Selman, F J ^c   Melnick, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxy: open clusters and associations: individual: Arches; Instrumentation: adaptive optics; ISM: dust, extinction; Stars: early type; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

GALAXY: OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: INDIVIDUAL: ARCHES; INSTRUMENTATION: ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ISM: DUST, EXTINCTION; STARS: EARLY-TYPE; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DUST; GALAXIES; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; LUMINANCE; PHOTOMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STARS;

ARCHES;

EID: 67650915676     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/20078597     Document Type: Article

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