Variation of the cluster luminosity function across the disk of M51

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Variation of the cluster luminosity function across the disk of M51
 
Haas, M.R.; Gieles, M.; Scheepmaker, R.A.; Larsen, S.S.; Lamers, H.J.G.L.M.; Bastian, N.
(2008) de Koter, A., Smith, L.J., Waters, L.B.F.M. (eds.), Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters : proceedings of a workshop held at Lunteren, The Netherlands 29 May - 1 June 2006, pp. 405 - 406
Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, pp. 405 - 406
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Abstract
We study the luminosity function (LF) of the star clusters in M51. Comparing the observed LF with the LF resulting from artificial cluster populations suggests that there exists an upper mass limit for clusters and that this limit and/or the cluster disruption varies with galactocentric distance.
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ISBN: 978-1-58381-644-8
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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