Stellar libraries for population synthesis : A comparative study of the MARCS and ATLAS9 theoretical stellar libraries

Stellar population synthesis is a tool for modelling galaxies and their spectral energy distributions. By combining the spectra of every star within a galaxy, it becomes possible to form the spectrum of the galaxy as a whole. This requires a large collection of stellar spectra which, ideally, contai...

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Main Author: Binggeli, Christian
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för fysik och astronomi 2013
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-208550