The analysis of isochrone fitting methods for red giant branch photometry, and tip red giant branch distance determination

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 339, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 887-896

  Frayn, C M ^a   Gilmore, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Distances and redshifts; Galaxies: Haloes; Hertzsprung russell (hr) diagram stars: Population ii; Methods: Data analysis; Stars: Distances

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; GALAXIES; GIANT STARS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXY:HALO; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM STAR: POPULATION II; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAMS; ISOCHRONES; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; RED GIANT BRANCHES; STAR:DISTANCES; STARS: POPULATION II; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0142137221     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06250.x     Document Type: Article

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