Accurate parameter estimation for star formation history in galaxies using SDSS spectra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1044-1057

  Richards, Joseph W ^a   Freeman, Peter E ^a   Lee, Ann B ^a   Schafer, Chad M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STARS;

GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; METALLICITIES; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; SIMPLE++; SPECTRA'S; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 70349855104     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15349.x     Document Type: Article

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