Stars throw their weight in old galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-06-04 v1
Abstract
The observation that old, massive galaxies have a larger fraction of low-mass stars than their younger, lower-mass counterparts adds to mounting evidence that star formation may have been different in the early Universe.
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@article{arxiv.1204.5888,
title = {Stars throw their weight in old galaxies},
author = {Nate Bastian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5888},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Invited Nature "News and Views" Commentary on Cappellari et al. 2012, Nature, 484, 485; 3 pages, 1 figure