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Article Contents
- ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.STAR FORMATION HISTORIES FROM
COLOUR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS: THE METHOD
- 2.1.Building a synthetic
population
- 2.2.Stellar ages from a CMD
- 2.3.Deep is better
- 3.DEDUCING THE SFH: GUIDELINES
- 3.1.A changing landscape
- 3.2.To grid or not to grid
- 3.3.Maximum Likelihood
- 3.4.Wondering in the parameter
space
- 3.5.A practical example
- 3.6.Uncertainties affecting the
synthetic CMD procedures
- 3.7.Completeness
- 3.8.IMF
- 3.9.Binaries
- 3.10.Metallicity and
metallicity spread
- 3.11.Helium content
- 3.12.Reddening and distance
- 3.13.Additional issues
- 4.STAR FORMATION HISTORIES OF RESOLVED
DWARFS FROM SYNTHETIC CMD ANALYSES: RESULTS
- 5.CONCLUDING REMARKS
- REFERENCES