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Symposium 241
Symposium 241
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Libraries of synthetic stellar spectra
Bengt GustafssonAbstract
How good are presently existing libraries of theoretical stellar specctra?
Why do we need them?
For what analyses of stellar populations in galaxies can they be used, and
when should they be avoided?
What can be done to improve them?
I shall attempt to answer these questions and also sketch the possible
future development in population synthesis, based on synthetic spectra.