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We show that one can obtain a good fit to the measured main sequence mass function (MF) of a large sample of Galactic clusters (young and old) with a tapered Salpeter power law distribution function with an exponential truncation.
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De Marchi, G., Paresce, F., Zwart, S.P. (2005). The Stellar IMF of Galactic Clusters and Its Evolution. In: Corbelli, E., Palla, F., Zinnecker, H. (eds) The Initial Mass Function 50 Years Later. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 327. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3407-7_11
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