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Caption: Figure 10.
Inferred initial mass function for a sample of Milky Way globular clusters and stellar streams. The globular clusters used for this calculation have Galactocentric distances Dgc < 30 kpc. The selected streams also have Dgc < 30 kpc, along with a heliocentric distance Dhc > 3 kpc. All systems included in the sample require an angular momentum L > 1000 kpc km s−1. The dashed line indicates a power-law fit to the high-mass end of the ICMF (Minitial > 3 × 104 M⊙) inferred from observed streams, yielding a slope of α = 1.4 ± 0.05.
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