Red giant stars as standard candles

Event Start:
2022-06-07T12:30:00
Event End:
2022-06-07T15:00:00
Event Information:

This thesis introduces two new extragalactic distance determination

methods; the first uses the median magnitude of carbon-rich asymptotic

giant branch stars (CS), while the second uses the combined luminosity

Event Location:
room 203 of the graduate student centre
Speaker:
Javiera Fernanda Parada Torres
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