Star Formation Histories of Dwarf Galaxies from the Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of Their Resolved Stellar Populations
In this tutorial paper we summarize how the star formation (SF) history of a galactic region can be derived from the colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) of its resolved stars. The procedures to build synthetic CMDs and to exploit them to derive the SF histories (SFHs) are described, as well as the corres...
Main Authors: | Michele Cignoni, Monica Tosi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Astronomy |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/158568 |
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