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Evidence for a Nonuniform Initial Mass Function in the Local Universe

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2009

Authors

Meurer, Gerhardt
Wong, O. I.
Kim, J. H.
Hanish, D J
Heckman, T M
Werk, J
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Dopita, Michael
Zwaan, M A
Koribalski, Baerbel S

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

Many of the results in modern astrophysics rest on the notion that the initial mass function (IMF) is universal. Our observations of a sample of H i selected galaxies in the light of Hα and the far-ultraviolet (FUV) challenge this result. The extinction-

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Keywords: Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24873

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ANU Research Publications

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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Journal article

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10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/765

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2037-12-31

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