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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

doi:10.1126/science.aat7032

Response to Comment on "An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst"

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.