The interpretation of color-magnitude diagrams through numerical simulation and bayesian inference

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 462, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 672-683

  Tolstoy, Eline ^a,b   Saha, Abhijit ^a  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Hertzsprung Russell diagram; Methods: statistical

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EID: 21344451803     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177181     Document Type: Article

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