A maximum-likelihood method for fitting colour-magnitude diagrams

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1251-1263

  Naylor, Tim ^a   Jeffries, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical; Open clusters and associations: general; Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 2547; Stars: fundamental parameters; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATAPOINTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 2547; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; UNCERTAINTY;

STARS;

EID: 33845338766     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11099.x     Document Type: Article

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