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The Low End of the Initial Mass Function for the R136 Cluster in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M. Sirianni
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
A. Nota
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
C. Leitherer
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
M. Clampin
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
G. De Marchi
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

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Multiple images of the R136 cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud taken with the HST/WFPC2 and the F555W and F814W filters were combined to obtain very deep images of the cluster, with total exposure times of 1240 and 760 sec respectively. The objective of the study was to extend the luminosity function below the limit of 2.8 M published by Hunter et al. (1995, 1996).

Type
Part 3. Massive Stars and 30 Doradus
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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