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ultraviolet upturn: a standalone construct

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ultravioletupturn1 CONSTRUCTUltraviolet upturnO'CONNELL · ASTROPHYSICS

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Astrophysics

rising far-ultraviolet flux toward shorter wavelengths in early-type galaxies, attributed to hot evolved low-mass stars.

In astrophysics, ultraviolet upturn refers to rising far-ultraviolet flux toward shorter wavelengths in early-type galaxies, attributed to hot evolved low-mass stars. This meaning comes from O'Connell (1999) in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.[1]

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References

  1. O'Connell, R. W. (1999). Far-Ultraviolet Radiation from Elliptical Galaxies. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 37(1), 603-648. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.37.1.603

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