2 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Constraining the Light Curves of Magnified Stellar Events at z ~ 0.725
Carter Meyerhoff, Hayley Williams, Rafael Ortiz +5
Extreme magnification by lensing galaxy clusters allows the detection of high-luminosity stars during cluster caustic transient events at cosmological distances. The Dragon Arc at…
astro-ph.GA2026
Direct Evidence for Stellar Initial Mass Function Variation in the Milky Way
Charles L. Steinhardt, Carter Meyerhoff, Alexander J. Luening
Because direct measurements require resolved stellar populations including low-mass stars, determining the stellar initial mass function (IMF) has been a historically difficult pro…