The lower main sequence and mass function of the globular cluster Messier 4

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 574, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Richer, Harvey B ^a   Brewer, James ^a   Fahlman, Gregory G ^b   Gibson, Brad K ^c   Hansen, Brad M ^d,e   Ibata, Rodrigo ^f   Kalirai, Jasonjot S ^a   Limongi, Marco ^g   Rich, R Michael ^d   Saviane, Ivo ^h   Shara, Michael M ⁱ   Stetson, Peter B ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^h EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

ⁱ DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual (M4); Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038203143     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342527     Document Type: Article

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