Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a theoretical point of view
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present new theoretical evaluations of optical and near-IR Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) magnitudes for single-burst stellar populations in the age range t=5-15 Gyr and metallicity from to . Our theoretical predictions can be successfully used to derive reliable distance evaluations. They also appear to be a new and valuable tool to trace the properties of unresolved stellar populations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209573,
title = {Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a theoretical point of view},
author = {M. Cantiello and G. Raimondo and E. Brocato and M. Capaccioli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209573},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, incl. 1 figure, uses newpasp.sty, to be published in ``New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy'', ASP Conference Series, 2002; Eds.: G. Piotto, G. Meylan, G. Djorgowski and M. Riello, in press