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Sept 2006<br />

An Alternative: Tracing the<br />

<strong>Stellar</strong> <strong>Mass</strong> Build-up Directly<br />

•Need observations in rest-frame optical/NIR<br />

•Measures “older” light<br />

•More sensitive to lower mass stars<br />

•less IMF dependence<br />

•Less affected by extinction<br />

•Must observe in near-IR/MIR<br />

Berkeley – Gregory Rudnick

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