Extragalactic globular clusters in the near infrared. IV. Quantifying the age structure using Monte-Carlo simulations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 863-876

  Hempel, M ^a   Kissler Patig, M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMETRY;

COLOR DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR FORMATIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2542434910     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034528     Document Type: Article

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