The Mass Function of the Arches Cluster from Gemini Adaptive Optics Data
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present the mass function (MF) of the Arches cluster obtained from ground-based adaptive optics data in comparison with results derived from HST/NICMOS data. A MF slope of Gamma = -0.8 +- 0.2 is obtained. Both datasets reveal a strong radial variation in the MF, with a flat slope in the cluster center, which increases with increasing radius.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0206360,
title = {The Mass Function of the Arches Cluster from Gemini Adaptive Optics Data},
author = {Andrea Stolte and Eva K. Grebel and Wolfgang Brandner and Donald F. Figer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0206360},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Presented at the IAOC Workshop on "Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum" held in La Serena, Chile, March 2002; to be published in the ASP Conference Series, edited by J. M. De Buizer