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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 In this empirical work, we aim to quantify the systematic uncertainties in stellar-mass ( M _⋆ ) estimates made from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting through stellar population synthesis (SPS) for galaxies in the local Universe by using the ...
M. Burak Dogruel +6 more
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Stellar Mass Calibrations for Local Low-mass Galaxies
The Astrophysical JournalThe stellar masses of galaxies are measured from integrated light via several methods—however, few of these methods were designed for low-mass ( M _⋆ ≲ 10 ^8 M _⊙ ) “dwarf” galaxies, whose properties (e.g., stochastic star formation, low metallicity ...
Mithi A. C. de los Reyes +12 more
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Variation in the stellar mass function along stellar streams [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021 ABSTRACT Stellar streams are the inevitable end product of star cluster evolution, with the properties of a given stream being related to its progenitor. We consider how the dynamical history of a progenitor cluster, as traced by the evolution of its stellar mass function, is reflected in the resultant stream.
Jeremy J Webb, Jo Bovy
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Stellar mass as the ‘glocal’ driver of galaxies’ stellar population properties [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022 ABSTRACT The properties of the stellar populations in a galaxy are known to correlate with the amount and the distribution of stellar mass. We take advantage of the maps of light-weighted mean stellar age $\mathit {\mathrm{ Age}_{\mathrm{ wr}}}$ and metallicity $\mathit {\mathrm{ Z}_{*\mathrm{ wr}}}$ for a sample of 362 galaxies from the
Stefano Zibetti, Anna R Gallazzi
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THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 We perform a Bayesian analysis of the mass distribution of stellar-mass black holes using the observed masses of 15 low-mass X-ray binary systems undergoing Roche lobe overflow and five high-mass, wind-fed X-ray binary systems. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo calculations, we model the mass distribution both parametrically---as a power law, exponential,
Farr, Will M. +6 more
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Star formation and the origin of stellar masses [PDF]
Nature, 1992 AbstractWe present a new model to explain stellar mass distributions in different stellar environments. In our model, the protostar phase is terminated, when the protostellar core embedded in a molecular clump experiences a collision with another star or protostellar clump, which ejects the protostellar core from its parent clump.
Podsiadlowski, P, Price, N
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ON THE ORIGIN OF STELLAR MASSES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 It has been a longstanding problem to determine, as far as possible, the characteristic masses of stars in terms of fundamental constants; the almost complete invariance of this mass as a function of the star-forming environment suggests that this should be possible. Here I provide such a calculation.
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2008 AbstractIt has been known for some time now that rapidly-rotating solar-like stars possess the stellar equivalent of solar prominences. These may be three orders of magnitude more massive than their solar counterparts, and their ejection from the star may form a significant contribution to the loss of angular momentum and mass in the stellar wind.
Jardine, Moira +2 more
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Mass loss and stellar superwinds [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2017 Mass loss bridges the gap between massive stars and supernovae (SNe) in two major ways: (i) theoretically, it is the amount of mass lost that determines the mass of the star prior to explosion and (ii) observations of the circumstellar material around SNe may teach us the type of progenitor that made the SN.
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Mass Measurements of Stellar and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes [PDF]
Space Science Reviews, 2013 28 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews (DOI 10.1007/s11214-013-0030-6). Also to appear in hard cover in the Space Sciences Series of ISSI "The Physics of Accretion onto Black Holes" (Springer Publisher).
Casares, J., Jonker, P.G.
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