The white dwarf distance to the globular cluster 47 Tucanae and its age

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 553, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 733-743

  Zoccali, M ^a   Renzini, A ^a   Ortolani, S ^b   Bragaglia, A ^c   Bohlin, R ^d   Carretta, E ^e   Ferraro, F R ^c   Gilmozzi, R ^a   Holberg, J B ^f   Marconi, G ^g,h   Rich, R M ⁱ   Wesemael, F ^j  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Globular clusters: individual (47 Tucanae); Stars : population II; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373415     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320980     Document Type: Article

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