2MASS view of the LMC: Structure, populations, kinematics
The results of a study of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on near-infrared 2MASS photometry are presented. From near-infrared color-magnitude diagram, stellar populations of the LMC are identified and characterized, and their spatial distributions are studied. The luminosity functions are presented...
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Language: | ENG |
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2001
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3012171 |