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Initial Mass Function Normalization

Initial Mass Function Normalization is a methodological framework in astrophysics that standardizes the initial mass function by scaling its integral over stellar masses to unity, thereby enabling consistent comparison of star formation rates and population synthesis models across different galactic environments.

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225

On the variation of the initial mass function

Pavel Kroupa · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2001 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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The distribution of low-mass stars in the Galactic disc

Pavel Kroupa, Christopher A. Tout, G. Gilmore · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1993 · 1.7K citations

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Accurate masses and radii of normal stars: modern results and applications

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review · 2009 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The ATLAS3D project – XX. Mass–size and mass–σ distributions of early-type galaxies: bulge fraction drives kinematics, mass-to-light ratio, molecular gas fraction and stellar initial mass function

Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · 710 citations · Full text

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Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies

Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo et al. · Nature · 2012 · 610 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LV
    L. V. E. Koopmans

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    7 publications · 664 citations

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  2. MC
    Michele Cappellari

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. RL
    Roger L. Davies

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. TT
    Tommaso Treu

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 386 citations

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  5. CT
    C. Tortora

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    5 publications · 198 citations

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334

  1. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    3K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    7.6K citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 67 publications · 7.2K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    63 publications · 13.7K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    17 publications · 569 citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 16 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    8 publications · 564 citations

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