Isochrones and luminosity functions for old white dwarfs

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 529, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 318-337

  Richer, Harvey B ^a,b   Hansen, Brad ^c   Limongi, Marco ^a   Chieffi, Alessandro ^d   Straniero, Oscar ^e   Fahlman, Gregory G ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxy: globular clusters: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: interiors; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: white dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034687952     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308275     Document Type: Article

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