RR Lyrae luminosity differences between Oosterhoff group I and II cluster systems and the origin of the Oosterhoff dichotomy

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1373-1389

  Lee, Jae Woo ^a   Carney, Bruce W ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: formation; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 5272, NGC 7089); RR Lyrae variable; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040369106     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301008     Document Type: Article

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