Astrophysics.- Salpeter (Edwin E.) "The Luminosity Function and Stellar

Astrophysics.- Salpeter (Edwin E.) "The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution", in The Astrophysical Journal, vol.121, pp.161-167, lacking title, ex-library copy with ink-stamps, library half cloth, paper label to spine with tape and glue markings, 8vo, 1955. *** This article is recognised as one of the most important and influential papers in the entire history of twentieth-century astrophysics. The function introduced by Salpeter is still in active use in the study of stellar evolution, galaxy formation, cosmology, and stellar population physics.

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