Constraints on the star formation history of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 431, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Javiel, S C ^a   Santiago, B X ^a   Kerber, L O ^a  

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

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Stars: Hertzsprung Russell (HR) and C M; Stars: luminosity function, mass function galaxies: stellar content; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY GAP; ERROR DETECTION; PHOTOMETRY; TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: FORMATION; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL (HR) AND C-M; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MASS FUNCTION; STARS: STATISTICS; STELLER CONTENT;

GALAXIES;

EID: 13844280264     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041057     Document Type: Article

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