Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst”

Schneider, Fabian R. N.; Sana, Hugues; Evans, Christopher J.; Bestenlehner, Joachim M.; Castro, Norberto; Fossati, Luca; Gräfener, Götz; Langer, Norbert; Ramírez-Agudelo, Oscar H.; Sabín-Sanjulián, Carolina; Simón-Díaz, Sergio; Tramper, Frank; Crowther, Paul A.; de Koter, Alexander; de Mink, Selma E.; Dufton, Philip L.; Garcia, Miriam; Gieles, Mark; Hénault-Brunet, Vincent; Herrero, Artemio; Izzard, Robert G.; Kalari, Venu; Lennon, Danny J.; Maíz Apellániz, Jesús; Markova, Nevy; Najarro, Francisco; Podsiadlowski, Philipp; Puls, Joachim; Taylor, William D.; van Loon, Jacco Th.; Vink, Jorick S.; Norman, Colin

Abstract

Farr and Mandel reanalyze our data, finding initial mass function slopes for high-mass stars in 30 Doradus that agree with our results. However, their reanalysis appears to underpredict the observed number of massive stars. Their technique results in more precise slopes than in our work, strengthening our conclusion that there is an excess of massive stars (>30 solar masses) in 30 Doradus.

Citation

Schneider, F. R. N., Sana, H., Evans, C. J., Bestenlehner, J. M., Castro, N., Fossati, L., Gräfener, G., Langer, N., Ramírez-Agudelo, O. H., Sabín-Sanjulián, C., Simón-Díaz, S., Tramper, F., Crowther, P. A., de Koter, A., de Mink, S. E., Dufton, P. L., Garcia, M., Gieles, M., Hénault-Brunet, V., Herrero, A., …Norman, C. (2018). Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst”. Science, 361(6400), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat7032

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 4, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 27, 2018
• Publication Date: Jul 27, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 16, 2023
• Journal: Science
• Print ISSN: 0036-8075
• Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
• Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 361
• Issue: 6400
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat7032
• Keywords: Multidisciplinary
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/471412