Why hot horizontal branch stars can appear redder than red giants

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 303-309

  Momany, Y ^a   Cassisi, S ^b   Piotto, G ^a   Bedin, L R ^a   Ortolani, S ^a   Castelli, F ^c,d   Recio Blanco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Stars: evolution; Stars: Hertzsprung Russell diagram (HR) and C M diagrams stars: horizontal branch; Stars: imaging; Ultraviolet: stars

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPACE RESEARCH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

STARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0043157309     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030827     Document Type: Article

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