Observations of the IMF in Clusters

Autor(en)

Joana Ascenso, João Alves

Abstrakt

The Initial Mass Function (IMF) is a seemingly a universal outcome of

the star formation process. Over the last five decades it has been

measured in young clusters and associations, in old globulars and in the

field, in the Milky Way and in neighboring galaxies, covering regions

spanning a wide range of physical conditions. The result is always

similar: a Salpeter-like mass distribution for the higher masses and a

subsequent flattening for lower masses. As we analyse more distant and

dense clusters, however, our ability to measure the IMF properly becomes

severely hampered by crowding.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Externe Organisation(en)

Universidade do Porto

Seiten

231-234

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22113-2_40

Publikationsdatum

2012

ÖFOS 2012

103004 Astrophysik, 103003 Astronomie

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