SIMBAD references

2005ApJ...620L..43O - Astrophys. J., 620, L43-L46 (2005/February-2)

Statistical confirmation of a stellar upper mass limit.

OEY M.S. and CLARKE C.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We derive the expectation value for the maximum stellar mass (mmax) in an ensemble of N stars, as a function of the initial mass function (IMF) upper mass cutoff (mup) and N. We statistically demonstrate that the upper IMF of the local massive star census observed thus far in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds clearly exhibits a universal upper mass cutoff around 120-200 M☉for a Salpeter IMF, although the result is more ambiguous for a steeper IMF.

Abstract Copyright: ∼

Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Stellar Content - Galaxy: Open Clusters and Associations: General - Stars: Early-Type - Stars: Fundamental Parameters - Stars: Luminosity Function, Mass Function - Stars: Statistics

Simbad objects: 15

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2005ApJ...620L..43O and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu