Comment on "An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst"

Will M Farr, Ilya Mandel

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Abstract

Schneider et al. (Science, 2018) used an ad hoc statistical method in their calculation of the stellar initial mass function. Adopting an improved approach, we reanalyse their data and determine a power law exponent of $2.05_{-0.14}^{+0.13}$. Alternative assumptions regarding data set completeness and the star formation history model can shift the inferred exponent to $2.11_{-0.19}^{+0.17}$ and $2.15_{-0.13}^{+0.13}$, respectively.
Original languageEnglish
JournalScience
Volume361
Issue number6400
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2018

Bibliographical note

published as a technical comment in Science

Keywords

  • astro-ph.SR
  • astro-ph.IM
  • physics.data-an

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