Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst”

Abstract

Schneider et al. (Reports, 5 January 2018, p. 69) used an ad hoc statistical method in their calculation of the stellar initial mass function. Adopting an improved approach, we eanalyze their data and determine a power-law exponent of 2:05þ 00::1413. Alternative assumptions regarding dataset completeness and the star formation history model can shift the inferred exponent to 2:11þ 00::1917 and 2:15þ 00::1313, respectively.