The Lower Mass Function of Young Open Clusters
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 211, 147-154
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900210474
Abstract
We report new estimates for the lower mass function of 5 young open clusters spanning an age range from 80 to 150 Myr. In all studied clusters, the mass function across the stellar/substellar boundary (~ 0.072 M⊙) and up to 0.4 M⊙ is consistent with a power-law with an exponent α ⋍ –0.5 ± 0.1, i.e., dN/dM ∝ M-0.5.Keywords
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