The optimally sampled galaxy-wide stellar initial mass function Observational tests and the publicly available GalIMF code

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730987" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730987</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730987" target="_blank" >10.1051/0004-6361/201730987</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The optimally sampled galaxy-wide stellar initial mass function Observational tests and the publicly available GalIMF code

Original language description

Here we present a full description of the integrated galaxy-wide initial mass function (IGIMF) theory in terms of the optimal sampling and compare it with available observations. Optimal sampling is the method we use to discretize the IMF deterministically into stellar masses. Evidence indicates that nature may be closer to deterministic sampling as observations suggest a smaller scatter of various relevant observables than random sampling would give, which may result from a high level of self-regulation during the star formation process. We document the variation of IGIMFs under various assumptions. The results of the IGIMF theory are consistent with the empirical relation between the total mass of a star cluster and the mass of its most massive star, and the empirical relation between the star formation rate (SFR) of a galaxy and the mass of its most massive cluster. Particularly, we note a natural agreement with the empirical relation between the IMF power-law index and the SFR of a galaxy. The IGIMF also results in a relation between the SFR of a galaxy and the mass of its most massive star such that, if there were no binaries, galaxies with SFR &lt;10(-4) M-circle dot/yr should host no Type II supernova events. In addition, a specific list of initial stellar masses can be useful in numerical simulations of stellar systems. For the first time, we show optimally sampled galaxy-wide IMFs (OSGIMF) that mimic the IGIMF with an additional serrated feature. Finally, a Python module, GalIMF, is provided allowing the calculation of the IGIMF and OSGIMF dependent on the galaxy-wide SFR and metallicity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics [online]

ISSN

1432-0746

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

607

Issue of the periodical within the volume

listopad

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000416181300004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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