scholarly journals Evolution of globular cluster systems in elliptical galaxies -- II. Power-law initial mass function

2001 ◽  
Vol 322 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vesperini
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Elliptical Galaxies ◽  
Initial Mass Function ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Cluster Systems

scholarly journals Hα and FUV luminosities from a stochastically formed stellar population

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S284) ◽  
pp. 53-55
Author(s):  
Nidia Lugo Lopez L. ◽  
Gladis Magris C. ◽  
Antonio Parravano
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Initial Mass Function ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

AbstractIt has been observed that the ratio of Hα to FUV luminosity (LHα/LFUV) is lower in low surface brightness galaxies. This behaviour has been attributed to systematic variations of the upper mass end and/or the slope of the Initial Mass Function (IMF) Meurer et al. (2009) and Lee et al. (2009)). However these hypotheses do not explain the observed scatter in luminosity ratio (LHα/LFUV). We present a model for the total LHα and LFUV luminosity arising from a randomly populated IMF following the Salpeter power law and the clustering law of Oey & Clarke (2007).

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