Open AccessSupernova II enrichment and the star cluster mass function
Author(s) -
Goodwin Simon P.,
Pagel B. E. J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08944.x
Subject(s) - physics , initial mass function , supernova , astrophysics , star (game theory) , star cluster , cluster (spacecraft) , stellar mass , function (biology) , pair instability supernova , type ii supernova , stellar evolution , astronomy , star formation , stars , evolutionary biology , computer science , ejecta , biology , programming language
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that changing the form of the star cluster mass function (CMF) can effectively change the upper end of the stellar initial mass function. The yields from supernovae are very sensitive to the mass of the progenitor star. We show that by changing the parameters of the CMF, it is possible to change the yields of oxygen and magnesium by a factor of ∼1.5 and of metals in general by a factor of ∼1.8.