Theoretical predictions for surface brightness fluctuations and implications for stellar populations of elliptical galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 543, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 644-668

  Liu, Michael C ^a   Charlot, Stéphane ^b,c   Graham, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: late type

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034634113     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317147     Document Type: Article

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