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arxiv: 1807.09816 · v1 · pith:DUDDQVN6new · submitted 2018-07-25 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR · astro-ph.GA

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F.R.N. Schneider , H. Sana , C.J. Evans , J.M. Bestenlehner , N. Castro , L. Fossati , G. Gr\"afener , N. Langer
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O.H. Ram\'irez-Agudelo C. Sab\'in-Sanjuli\'an S. Sim\'on-D\'iaz F. Tramper P.A. Crowther A. de Koter S.E. de Mink P.L. Dufton M. Garcia M. Gieles V. H\'enault-Brunet A. Herrero R.G. Izzard V. Kalari D.J. Lennon J. Ma\'iz Apell\'aniz N. Markova F. Najarro Ph. Podsiadlowski J. Puls W.D. Taylor J.Th. van Loon J.S. Vink C. Norman
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Farr and Mandel reanalyse our data, finding initial-mass-function slopes for high mass stars in 30 Doradus that agree with our results. However, their reanalysis appears to underpredict the observed number of massive stars. Their technique results in more precise slopes than in our work, strengthening our conclusion that there is an excess of massive stars above $30\,\mathrm{M}_\odot$ in 30 Doradus.

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