A critical investigation on the discrepancy between the observational and the theoretical red giant luminosity function 'bump'

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 593-603

  Cassisi, Santi ^a,b   Salaris, Maurizio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: interiors

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GIANT STARS;

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS:GENERAL; HORIZONTAL BRANCHES; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; METALLICITIES; MIXING LENGTH; RED GIANT BRANCHES; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS: INTERIORS; THEORETICAL EVALUATION;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0000804737     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/285.3.593     Document Type: Article

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