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The Stellar Luminosity Function and Binary Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
If all stars within a small volume surrounding the sun are counted we obtain an approximation of the low-mass single-star luminosity function. Alternatively, deep photographic surveys cannot resolve most of the binary systems, and consequently we obtain an approximation to the system luminosity function. Comparing the single-star and system luminosity functions we derive the stellar mass function and constrain the properties of binary systems.
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