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Transition of the stellar initial mass function explored using binary population synthesis

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Suda, Takuma
Komiya, Yukata
Yamada, Shimako
Katsuta, Yutaka
Aoki, Wako
Gil-Pons, Pilar
Doherty, Carolyn L
Campbell, S
Wood, Peter R
Fujimoto, Masayuki Y

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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The stellar initial mass function (IMF) plays a crucial role in the determination of the number of surviving stars in galaxies, of the chemical composition of the interstellar medium and of the distribution of light in galaxies. A key unsolved question is

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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