Age and metallicity distribution of the Galactic bulge from extensive optical and near-IR stellar photometry

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 931-956

  Zoccali, M ^a   Renzini, A ^a   Ortolani, S ^b   Greggio, L ^c   Saviane, I ^d   Cassisi, S ^e   Rejkuba, M ^a   Barbuy, B ^f   Rich, R M ^g   Bica, E ^h  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Stars: Hertzsprung Russell (H R) and C M diagrams; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMY; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION;

COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; GALACTIC BULGE; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; MASS FUNCTION; NEAR INFRARED STELLAR PHOTOMETRY; STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0037373898     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021604     Document Type: Article

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