Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: A new method to derive star formation histories of galaxies from their
  star cluster distributions   Star formation happens in a clustered way which is why the star cluster
population of a particular galaxy is closely related to the star formation
history of this galaxy. From the probabilistic nature of a mass function
follows that the mass of the most-massive cluster of a complete population,
M_max, has a distribution with the total mass of the population as a parameter.
The total mass of the population is connected to the star formation rate (SFR)
by the length of a formation epoch.
  Since due to evolutionary effects only massive star clusters are observable
up to high ages it is convenient to use this M_max(SFR) relation for the
reconstruction of a star formation history. The age-distribution of the
most-massive clusters can therefore be used to constrain the star formation
history of a galaxy. The method, including an assessment of the inherent
uncertainties, is introduced with this contribution, while following papers
will apply this method to a number of galaxies.

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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: q-alg
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The categories of this paper are: math-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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The categories of this paper are: plasm-ph
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys