Evidence for a sizable age spread among galaxies from the ultraviolet-upturn phenomenon in early-type systems

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 476, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 28-39

  Park, Jang Hyun ^a,b   Lee, Young Wook ^b  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: stellar content; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444435904     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303594     Document Type: Article

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