The red giant branch luminosity function bump

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 553-563

  Riello, M ^a,b   Cassisi, S ^c   Piotto, G ^b   Recio Blanco, A ^b   De Angeli, F ^b   Salaris, M ^d   Pietrinferni, A ^c   Bono, G ^e   Zoccali, M ^f  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: globular clusters: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMETRY; STATISTICS; TELESCOPES;

CANONICAL STELLAR EVOLUTION MODELS; GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTER METALLICITY; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0242323594     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031272     Document Type: Article

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