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HST Proposal ID #10566
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Hst Proposal Id #10566 Stellar Populations
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We propose to use the large improvement in sensitivity and wide-field resolution provided by ACS to obtain, for the first time, the complete Initial Mass Function {IMF} down to sub-solar masses of a very young stellar association in the Large Magellanic Cloud {LMC}. Such an IMF will serve as a reference IMF typical of low-metallicity regions. We want to obtain VI deep {V 26.5 mag} WFC photometry of the association LH 95 and a nearby background field pointing. Special care will be taken to treat all the complications which arise in the reduction of data for the purpose of calculating the IMF of a young association of stars. Our object of study has been chosen because it is one of the associations, which provide the best combination of spatial resolution, crowding, low extinction, nebular contamination, and background confusion in comparison to others in the Local Group. The region also has the advantage of being very young with indications that it is still forming stars, thus allowing us to search for sub-solar pre-main-sequence stars, as well as for an embedded proto-cluster.
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