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Deriving physical parameters of unresolved star clusters

2014/07/15 by Philippe de Meulenaer, P. de Meulenaer, D. Narbutis +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Context (archaeology) #Degeneracy (biology) #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Geography #Geology #Metallicity #Optics #Paleontology #Photometry (optics) #Physics #Series (stratigraphy) #Star (game theory) #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423988

published as A&A 569, A4 (2014) · 8 pages, 9 figures

openalex publication_date 2014/07/15 · arxiv created 2014/07/17 · arxiv updated 2014/09/10 · openalex created_date 2022/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07

Abstract

Context. This paper is the second of a series that investigates the stochasticity and degeneracy problems that hinder the derivation of the age, mass, extinction, and metallicity of unresolved star clusters in external galaxies when broad-band photometry is used.

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