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On the universality of initial mass function of open star clusters
Author(s) -
Zakharova P. E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113100207
Subject(s) - open cluster , universality (dynamical systems) , physics , star cluster , initial mass function , astrophysics , statistical physics , stars , star formation , quantum mechanics
Our photometric investigation of a number of open clusters with age younger than 10 9 years confirms the hypothesis of the universality of the zero‐age luminosity function of open clusters.