2006/11/30 by Z. Li, Zhongmu Li, Zhanwen Han +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxy #Metallicity #Population #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Simple (philosophy) #Stellar atmosphere #Stellar collision #Stellar evolution #Stellar mass #Stellar population #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066337
Accepted for publication in A&A, 6 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2007/01/08 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Context.Colors are usually not used for constraining stellar populations because they are thought to have the well-known age-metallicity degeneracy, but some recent works show that colors can also be used. A simple stellar population synthesis model is widely used, but there is no analysis for its colors.