Interpreting the colour-magnitude diagrams of open star clusters through numerical simulations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 649-662

  Kalirai, Jasonjot Singh ^a   Tosi, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methods: N body simulations; Open cluster and associations: individual: NGC 2099; Open cluster and associations: individual: NGC 2168; Open cluster and associations: individual: NGC 2323; Open clusters and associations: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; COLOUR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 2099; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 2168; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 2323; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 3042733903     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07813.x     Document Type: Article

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