%0 Generic %1 andrews2014small %A Andrews, J. E. %A Calzetti, D. %A Chandar, R. %A Elmegreen, B. G. %A Kennicutt, R. C. %A Kim, Hwihyun %A Krumholz, Mark. R. %A Lee, J. C. %A McElwee, Sean %A O'Connell, R. W. %A Whitmore, B. %D 2014 %K cluster imf sfr stochastic variation %T Big Fish in Small Ponds: Massive Stars in the Low Mass Clusters of M83 %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.4547 %X We have used multi-wavelength Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 data of the starbursting spiral galaxy M83 in order to measure variations in the upper end of the stellar initial mass function (uIMF) using the production rate of ionizing photons in unresolved clusters with ages $łeq$ 8 Myr. As in earlier papers on M51 and NGC 4214, the upper end of the stellar IMF in M83 is consistent with an universal IMF, and stochastic sampling of the stellar populations in the $łessapprox$ 10$^3$ Msun clusters are responsible for any deviations in this universality. The ensemble cluster population, as well as individual clusters, also imply that the most massive star in a cluster does not depend on the cluster mass. In fact, we have found that these small clusters seem to have an over-abundance of ionizing photons when compared to an expected universal or truncated IMF. This also suggests that the presence of massive stars in these clusters does not affect the star formation in a destructive way.

@misc{andrews2014small, abstract = {We have used multi-wavelength Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 data of the starbursting spiral galaxy M83 in order to measure variations in the upper end of the stellar initial mass function (uIMF) using the production rate of ionizing photons in unresolved clusters with ages $\leq$ 8 Myr. As in earlier papers on M51 and NGC 4214, the upper end of the stellar IMF in M83 is consistent with an universal IMF, and stochastic sampling of the stellar populations in the $\lessapprox$ 10$^{3}$ Msun clusters are responsible for any deviations in this universality. The ensemble cluster population, as well as individual clusters, also imply that the most massive star in a cluster does not depend on the cluster mass. In fact, we have found that these small clusters seem to have an over-abundance of ionizing photons when compared to an expected universal or truncated IMF. This also suggests that the presence of massive stars in these clusters does not affect the star formation in a destructive way.}, added-at = {2014-07-18T10:22:53.000+0200}, author = {Andrews, J. E. and Calzetti, D. and Chandar, R. and Elmegreen, B. G. and Kennicutt, R. C. and Kim, Hwihyun and Krumholz, Mark. R. and Lee, J. C. and McElwee, Sean and O'Connell, R. W. and Whitmore, B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24dfa8c21357235b9a0ef68cd3195211a/miki}, description = {[1407.4547] Big Fish in Small Ponds: Massive Stars in the Low Mass Clusters of M83}, interhash = {a897f43a0834d521fd87a42883b9881b}, intrahash = {4dfa8c21357235b9a0ef68cd3195211a}, keywords = {cluster imf sfr stochastic variation}, note = {cite arxiv:1407.4547Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1302.5006}, timestamp = {2014-07-18T10:22:53.000+0200}, title = {Big Fish in Small Ponds: Massive Stars in the Low Mass Clusters of M83}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.4547}, year = 2014 }