Abstract
The present-day mass function and the kinematical data of the nearby stars are discussed as constraints on the time-behaviour of the star-formation rate and of the initial mass function during the evolution of the galactic disk. A recently suggested dependence of the initial mass-function slope on the heavy element abundance can not be excluded from this study. The average past star-formation rate is in the order of the present-day rate.
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Meusinger, H. (1986). The Past Star-Formation Rate and the Initial Mass-Function in the Solar Neighbourhood. In: Henning, T., Stecklum, B. (eds) The Role of Dust in Dense Regions of Interstellar Matter. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3785-7_23
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