Discovery of an accreted stellar system within the globular cluster ω Centauri

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 573, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Ferraro, F R ^a   Bellazzini, M ^a   Pancino, E ^b,c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual ( Centauri); Stars: kinematics; Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012380708     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342087     Document Type: Article

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