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Salpeter Initial Mass Function

The Salpeter Initial Mass Function is a power-law model of the initial mass distribution of stellar populations, distinguished by its specific exponent of −2.35, proposed by Edwin E. Salpeter in 1955 to describe the relative number of stars formed per unit mass interval.

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Stellar Mass‐to‐Light Ratios and the Tully‐Fisher Relation

The Astrophysical Journal · 2001 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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The rate of star formation in normal disk galaxies

Jr. Kennicutt R. C. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1983 · 1K citations

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A Universal Stellar Initial Mass Function? A Critical Look at Variations

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 987 citations · Full text

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Galacti chemical evolution: Hygrogen through zinc

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1995 · 894 citations · Full text

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The formation of a star cluster: predicting the properties of stars and brown dwarfs

Matthew R. Bate, I. A. Bonnell, Volker Bromm · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 784 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PK
    Pavel Kroupa

    University of Bonn, Germany

    8 publications · 997 citations

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  2. IF
    Ignacio Ferreras

    University College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 558 citations

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  3. FL
    F. La Barbera

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    6 publications · 472 citations

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  4. TT
    Tommaso Treu

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    7 publications · 919 citations

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  5. LV
    L. V. E. Koopmans

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    6 publications · 934 citations

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Institutions

365

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    44 publications

    4K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    14 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    14 publications

    3.1K citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 74 publications · 9.2K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    93 publications · 7.3K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    15 publications · 717 citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    10 publications · 531 citations

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