Isochrone ages for field dwarfs: Method and application to the age-metallicity relation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 487-504

  Pont, Frédéric ^a   Eyer, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Hertzsprung Russell (HR) diagram; Methods: statistical; Stars: evolution; Stars: fundamental parameters

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; METALS; STARS; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE METALLICITY RELATIONS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAMS; ISOCHRONES; METALLICITIES; METHODS:STATISTICAL; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC BIAS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 3042774700     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07780.x     Document Type: Article

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