The low-mass initial mass function in the 30 doradus starburst cluster

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 707, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1347-1360

  Andersen, M ^a   Zinnecker, H ^b   Moneti, A ^c   McCaughrean, M J ^a,d   Brandl, B ^e   Brandner, W ^f   Meylan, G ^g   Hunter, D ^h  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual (30 Doradus); Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849115192     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/1347     Document Type: Article

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