The 'tip' of the red giant branch as a distance indicator: Results from evolutionary models

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 406-414

  Salaris, Maurizio ^a,b   Cassisi, Santi ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Globular clusters: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: interiors

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; GALAXIES; GIANT STARS; LUMINANCE;

DISTANCE SCALE; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS:GENERAL; METALLICITIES; RED GIANT BRANCHES; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS: INTERIORS; STELLAR MODELING; THEORETICAL EVALUATION;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

EID: 4244159673     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/289.2.406     Document Type: Article

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