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Isochrone Probability Functions for Old Stellar Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Peter A. Bergbusch
Peter A. Bergbusch*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2

Abstract

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The isochrone probability function (IPF) is derived from the slope of the mass–distance relation on an isochrone in where the distance along the isochrone is computed with respect to some arbitrary, well-defined point. IPFs contain the information needed to calculate both luminosity functions and color functions, and they provide a straightforward way of generating synthetic stellar populations.

Type
Part 5. Stellar Populations and Surveys
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 345 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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