The ACS LCID Project: Old Main Sequence Turnoff Photometry of Isolated Local Group Dwarf Galaxies

Gallart, C.
Bibliographical reference

Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe ASP Conference Series, Vol. 390, proceedings of the conference held 23-27 April, 2007 at Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Spain. Edited by J. H. Knapen, T. J. Mahoney, and A. Vazdekis San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.278

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2008
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Description
The details of the early star formation history of isolated dwarf galaxies can shed light on the role of the cosmic re-ionization and supernova feedback in galaxy formation and evolution. In this paper, we present the project { Local Cosmology from Isolated Dwarfs (LCID), aimed at deriving detailed star formation histories for a sample of Local Group isolated dwarf galaxies. To accomplish this goal we have collected, using the ACS on board the HST, color-magnitude diagrams reaching their oldest main sequence turnoff (V≃29 mag) with good photometric accuracy. Some results are briefly discussed. See http://www.iac.es/project/LCID.