The white dwarf cooling sequence of the globular cluster messier

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 574, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^e SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^h DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Globular clusters: individual (M4); Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: Population II; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038541785     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342528     Document Type: Article

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