The present-day mass function of the Quintuplet cluster based on proper motion membership

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 540, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hussmann B ^a   Stolte, A ^a   Brandner, W ^b   Gennaro, M ^b   Liermann, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; infrared: stars; open clusters and associations: individual: Quintuplet cluster; stars: early type; stars: kinematics and dynamics; stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

GALAXY: CENTER; INFRARED: STAR; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: INDIVIDUAL: QUINTUPLET CLUSTER; STARS: EARLY-TYPE; STARS: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION;

GALAXIES; INFRARED IMAGING;

STARS;

EID: 84859055233     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117637     Document Type: Article

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