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Appendix 1 - Acronyms and abbreviations used frequently in the text

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

Bengt E. Westerlund
Bengt E. Westerlund
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

  1. LMC = Large Magellanic Cloud

  2. SMC = Small Magellanic Cloud

  3. ISM = Interstellar Medium

  4. BC = Bolometric Correction

  5. Mboi = absolute bolometric magnitude

  6. Lbol = bolometric luminosity

  7. Teff = effective temperature

  8. Γ = –x = Slope of the IMF

  9. X,Y,Z = relative content of H, He, and heavy elements (M)

  10. [M/H] = logN(M/H)star - logN(M/H)⊙

  11. FWHM = Full Width at Half Measure

  12. SSPSF = Stochastic Self-Propagating Star Formation

  13. LF = Luminosity Function

  14. IMF = Initial Mass Function

  15. CMD = Colour Magnitude Diagram

  16. HR diagram = Hertzsprung Russell Diagram

  17. MS = Main Sequence

  18. ZAMS = Zero-Age Main Sequence

  19. AGB = Asymptotic Giant Branch

  20. TP = Thermal Pulse

  21. E-AGB = Early AGB

  22. TP-AGB = Late AGB

  23. RGB = Red-Giant Branch

  24. SGB = Sub-Giant Branch

  25. HB = Horizontal Branch

  26. RGC = Red-Giant Clump

  27. PN = Planetary Nebula

  28. SN = SuperNova

  29. SNR = SuperNova Remnant

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The Magellanic Clouds , pp. 250 - 251
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1997

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