Science
Publication date:
2018-07-27
Volume:
361
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Author:
Schneider, Fabian RN
Sana, Hugues ; Evans, Christopher J ; Bestenlehner, Joachim M ; Castro, Norberto ; Fossati, Luca ; Graefener, Goetz ; Langer, Norbert ; Ramirez-Agudelo, Oscar H ; Sabin-Sanjulian, Carolina ; Simon-Diaz, Sergio ; Tramper, Frank ; Crowther, Paul A ; de Koter, Alexander ; de Mink, Selma E ; Dufton, Philip L ; Garcia, Miriam ; Gieles, Mark ; Henault-Brunet, Vincent ; Herrero, Artemio ; Izzard, Robert G ; Kalari, Venu ; Lennon, Danny J ; Maiz Apellaniz, Jesus ; Markova, Nevy ; Najarro, Francisco ; Podsiadlowski, Philipp ; Puls, Joachim ; Taylor, William D ; van Loon, Jacco Th ; Vink, Jorick S ; Norman, Colin
Keywords:
Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, STELLAR, Extraterrestrial Environment, Stars, Celestial, Time, General Science & Technology
Abstract:
Farr and Mandel reanalyze our data, finding initial mass function slopes for high-mass stars in 30 Doradus that agree with our results. However, their reanalysis appears to underpredict the observed number of massive stars. Their technique results in more precise slopes than in our work, strengthening our conclusion that there is an excess of massive stars (>30 solar masses) in 30 Doradus.