Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.299..889m&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 299, Issue 3, pp. 889-894.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Formation, Stars: Luminosity Function, Mass Function, Galaxy: Evolution, Solar Neighbourhood
Scientific paper
The initial mass function (IMF) in the solar neighbourhood is determined on the basis of a recently derived history of the star formation rate (SFR) which shows the presence of a star formation burst about 8 Gyr ago. The observed present-day mass function (PDMF) is considered, and the average past distribution of stars of a given mass is estimated. Two cases are considered, namely (i) constant SFR, and (ii) variable SFR as derived from the new metallicity distribution of G dwarfs. The resulting IMF is compared with previous determinations by Scalo and Kroupa et al., and the variation with stellar mass of the slope of the IMF is compared with reference determinations in the literature.
Maciel Walter J.
Rocha-Pinto Helio J.
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