A method for measuring variations in the stellar initial mass function

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 719, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Calzetti, D ^a   Chandar, R ^b   Lee, J C ^c   Elmegreen, B G ^d   Kennicutt, R C ^e   Whitmore, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC5194); Galaxies: star clusters: general; Galaxies: star formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: massive

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649247763     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/719/2/L158     Document Type: Article

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