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The problem of stellar membership in open clusters

Authors :
E. Brieva
A. Uribe
Source :
Astrophysics and Space Science. 214:171-183
Publication Year :
1994
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1994.

Abstract

Open clusters become a powerful astrophysics laboratory once the essential problem of stellar membership has been solved. In this paper different methods to compute membership probabilities using kinematical variables, mainly proper motions, are presented.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Proper motion
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrometry
Cosmology
Calculation methods
Membership probability
Radial velocity
Star cluster
Space and Planetary Science
Statistical physics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Open cluster

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ISSN :
1572946X and 0004640X
Volume :
214
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Astrophysics and Space Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........0f0f48b22be22c17e1c9b19688ed23a7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00982334
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