FitSKIRT: genetic algorithms to automatically fit dusty galaxies with a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code

G. De Geyter; M. Baes; J. Fritz; P. Camps

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220126

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Issue		A&A Volume 550, February 2013


Article Number		A74
Number of page(s)		14
Section		Numerical methods and codes
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220126
Published online		29 January 2013

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