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The Top-Heavy Mass Function of the Young Super Star Cluster M82-F

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Linda J. Smith  and
John S. Gallagher III
Linda J. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK
John S. Gallagher III
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 5534 Sterling, 475 North Charter St., Madison WI 53706, USA

Abstract

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We derive a dynamical mass of 1.2 ± 0.1 × 106 M⊙ for the young SSC M82-F and determine that the current (LV/M)⊙ is a factor of ∼ 5 higher than that predicted by a standard Kroupa (2001) IMF. This suggests that M82-F has a deficit of low mass stars and will not survive to become an old globular cluster.

Type
Part 3. Super Star Clusters and Associations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 479 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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