On the importance of the few most massive stars: The ionizing cluster of NGC 588

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 426, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 399-413

  Jamet, L ^a   Perez E ^b   Cervino M ^b   Stasinska G ^a   Gonzalez Delgado R M ^b   Vilchez J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Individual: M 33; ISM: Individual objects: NGC 588; Stars: Evolution; Stars: Hertzsprung russell (HR) and C M diagrams; Stars: Luminosity function, mass function; Stars: Wolf rayet

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRATION; IONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: M33; ISM: INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS: NGC 588; STARS: EVOLUTION; STARS: HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL (HR) AND C-M DIAGRAMS; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: WOLF-RAYET;

GALAXIES;

EID: 8344280825     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047136     Document Type: Review

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