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PI: Robert Blum, NOAO, rblum@noao.edu
Address: PO Box 26732, 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732, USA
CoI: Augusto Damineli, IAG, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Title: The Double Cluster R136/R141-142 in 30 Doradus: A Definitve Study of the Low Mass Stellar Component
Abstract:
We propose to obtain data in J, H, and K-bands of the star burst cluster,
R136, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Space based, deep, high angular
resolution images, of R136 have suggested, but not definitively shown that
the low mass end of the IMF in R136 has a turnover at about 2 Msun. GEMS
images will uniquely provide the answer, and no optical-infrared system will
have the potential to do better unitl the era of the GSMT.
This proposal is based on a successful trial run during GeMS SV in 2013A. We
knew at the time the delivered image quality would not be sufficient since we
relaxed the constraints in order to get some data to understand and help
commission the system. See Figure 1 and experimanetal design.
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