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| Paper: |
Faint Mass Functions in Globular Clusters from HST Observations |
| Volume: |
92, Formation of the Galactic Halo. . . . Inside and Out |
| Page: |
277 |
| Authors: |
King, Ivan R.; Cool, Adrienne M.; Piotto, Giampaolo |
| Abstract: |
This is a preliminary report on mass functions of several globular clusters, down nearly to the level of 0.1{cal M}_sun. We describe the nature and the treatment of the Hubble Space Telescope observations from which the MFs are derived. The results, which suggest that the lower-mass stars are an important but not dominant contributor to the total mass, depend very much on the mass--luminosity relations used in transforming the observed luminosity functions into mass functions. |
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