An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst
The 30 Doradus star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby analog of large star-formation events in the distant universe. We determined the recent formation history and the initial mass function (IMF) of massive stars in 30 Doradus on the basis of spectroscopic observations of 247...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2018
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