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IMF variations in unresolved stellar populations: Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Ignacio Ferreras ,
Francesco La Barbera  and
Alexandre Vazdekis
Ignacio Ferreras
Affiliation:
MSSL, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
Francesco La Barbera
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, sal. Moiariello 16, Napoli I-80131, Italy
Alexandre Vazdekis
Affiliation:
IAC and Universidad de La Laguna, C/ Vía Láctea s/n, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: i.ferreras@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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This talk focuses on the challenges facing the recent discovery of variations of the stellar initial mass function in massive early-type galaxies, with special emphasis on the constraints via gravity-sensitive spectral features.

Keywords

stars: luminosity functionmass functiongalaxies: elliptical and lenticularcD
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 193 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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