An initial mass function for individual stars in galactic disks. I. Constraining the shape of the initial mass function

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 726, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Parravano, Antonio ^a   McKee, Christopher F ^b   Hollenbach, David J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891173082     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/27     Document Type: Article

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