The UV Upturn in Elliptical Galaxies as an Age Indicator

Abstract

We show that the UV flux of old stellar systems can tell us about their ages. Two independent populations synthesis groups that have had wildly different views have here worked together and generated two solutions that can be easily tested using space telescopes. Proposed tests will constrain the ages of giant Es, that are often considered the oldest populations in the universe, and thus cosmology.

LaTeX and 11 eps figures Accepted for publication in ApJ