Star clusters as simple stellar populations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 783-799

  Gustavo, Bruzual A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE ASTRONOMÍA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Population synthesis; Simple stellar populations; Spectral evolution; Stellar evolution; TP AGB stars

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPLEXATION; PHOTOMETRY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STARS;

AGB STARS; POPULATION SYNTHESIS; SPECTRAL EVOLUTION; STELLAR EVOLUTIONS; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 76949105531     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0258     Document Type: Review

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