Automatic observation rendering (AMORE) I. On a synthetic stellar population's colour-magnitude diagram

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 392, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1129-1147

  Ng, Y K ^a,b   Brogt, E ^a,c   Chiosi, C ^d   Bertelli, G ^b,e  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ENT Department of Padova   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Numerical stars: HR diagram; Statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS (CMD); STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS TOOLS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036739497     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020760     Document Type: Article

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