MILES: A Medium resolution INT Library of Empirical Spectra
Abstract
A new stellar library developed for stellar population synthesis modeling is presented. The library consist of 985 stars spanning a large range in atmospheric parameters. The spectra were obtained at the 2.5m INT telescope and cover the range 3525-7500A at 2.3A (FWHM) spectral resolution. The spectral resolution, spectral type coverage, flux calibration accuracy and number of stars represent a substantial improvement over previous libraries used in population synthesis models.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0607009,
title = {MILES: A Medium resolution INT Library of Empirical Spectra},
author = {Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez and Reynier Peletier and Jorge Jimenez-Vicente and Nicolas Cardiel and A. Javier Cenarro and Jesus Falcon-Barroso and Javier Gorgas and Selim Selam and Alexandre Vazdekis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0607009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. A preliminary version of the Stellar Population Synthesis Models predictions using the stellar library presented here is available at www.ucm.es/info/Astrof/miles/miles.html. The stellar spectra will be available on December 16, 2006, at the same website