Recovering galaxy star formation and metallicity histories from spectra using VESPA

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 381, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1252-1266

  Tojeiro, R ^a   Heavens, A F ^a   Jimenez, R ^b   Panter, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: stellar content; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; RECOVERY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STARS;

GALAXIES: STAR FORMATION; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; METALLICITIES; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SPECTRA'S; STARS FORMATION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 35448956583     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12323.x     Document Type: Article

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