Uncertainties in the modeling of old stellar populations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 457, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 625-644

  Charlot, Stéphane ^a,d   Worthey, Guy ^b   Bressan, Alessandro ^c  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344443870     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176759     Document Type: Article

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