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Table 3

Power-law slope α (dN/dMMα) of the IMF in various star forming regions along with characteristic parameters of each cluster.

Region Distance [pc] log(FFUV)f Surface densityf [pc−2] α Mass Range [M]
RCW 36 954 4.2 451 1.62 ± 0.03 0.20–30
0.46 ± 0.14 0.03–0.20
RCW 38 1700a 5.4 3620 1.48 ± 0.08b 0.20–20
0.51 ± 0.15f 0.020–0.20
ONC 400c 3.3 350 2.3 ± 0.09d 0.17–3.2
0.59 ± 0.06e 0.0001–0.19
0.17 ± 0.04g 0.003–0.20
NGC 1333 300c 1.4 200 0.48 ± 0.15f 0.010–0.20
1.00 ± 0.1f 0.10–1.0

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