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Inferring Globular Cluster Initial Mass Function from Stellar Streams

  • Authors: Claire S. Ye, Raymond G. Carlberg

Claire S. Ye and Raymond G. Carlberg 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Log-log fit to the simulated initial cluster mass versus the present-day stream mass using weighted OLS regression in two mass bins (boundary at Mstream = 1700 M). Here we include only systems with L > 1000 kpc km s−1. The fit has a slope α = 0.96. The blue band shows the 95% prediction interval based on empirical scatter, and the crosses show the possible predicted initial cluster mass based on the fit and the 95% interval. The gray dashed line represents a reference case where Minitial = 10Mstream.

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