The lower mass function of young open clusters: clues to (sub)stellar formation

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Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005an....326..985m&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.326, Issue 10, p.985-990

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs, Stars: Mass Function, Open Clusters And Associations: Individual (Blanco 1, Pleiades, Ngc 2516, Hyades), Stellar Dynamics

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We report the present day mass functions (PDMFs) of 4 young open clusters over a mass range from 30 Jupiter masses to 3M&sun;. Three of these clusters have been chosen to have a similar age of ˜100 Myr. Their PDMFs are remarkably similar and are comparable to the field mass function. This suggests little impact of initial conditions (stellar density, metallicity) on the mass distribution and raises some issues concerning the currently debated star and brown dwarf formation theories. The fourth cluster is older (600 Myr) which allow us to investigate the effect of the cluster dynamical evolution on the shape of the mass function.

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