Mass function of stars in the solar neighbourhood

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Oct 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987a%26a...184..104r&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 184, no. 1-2, Oct. 1987, p. 104-118.

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Solar Neighborhood, Star Formation, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Brown Dwarf Stars, Computational Astrophysics, Mass Distribution

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Using a new law of the star formation proposed by Rana and Wilkinson (1986) and some recent data on luminosity function and scale heights of main sequence disc stars in the solar neighbourhood, the mass function of these stars is investigated and compared with those of Scalo (1986) and Larson (1986). It is found that the classical views such as near constancy of star formation rate, an IMF having a simple power law in mass, no appreciable infall of matter from the halo, and no exotic amount of dark remnants or brown dwarfs, are still able to offer a consistent view of the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood.

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