A theoretical analysis of the systematic errors in the red clump distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 345, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1030-1038

  Salaris, Maurizio ^a   Percival, Susan ^a   Girardi, Léo ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: stellar content; Magellanic Clouds; Stars: distances

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STARS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GALAXIES ABUNDANCES; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS - STARS; METALLICITIES; POPULATION SYNTHESIS; STAR FORMATION RATES; STAR:DISTANCES; UNCERTAINTY;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 0242678432     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.07026.x     Document Type: Article

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