The initial mass function in the galactic bulge

We measured the IMF of the Galactic Bulge, down to similar to 0.15 M circle dot through NIC-MOS observations of a field near (1,b)=(0,-6). The derived IMF, the deepest measured to date in the Bulge, follows a power-law slope of alpha = -1.33 +/- 0.07 (where Salpeter has alpha = -2.35). This result has negligible dependence on the adopted Bulge metallicity and distance modulus. A detailed description of the data analysis, together with an extended discussion of the implications is in Zoccali et al. (1999). Here we just briefly summarize the result and compare with more recent observations about the mass-luminosity relation and the Disk IMF.