On the discrete nature of the red giant branch of ω centauri

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 265-274

  Sollima, A ^a,b   Ferraro, F R ^a   Pancino, E ^b   Bellazzini, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual: centauri; Stars: evolution; Stars: Population II; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

GIANT STARS;

GLOBULAR CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: Ω CENTAURI; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; MULTI BAND; RED GIANT BRANCHES; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS: POPULATION II; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 13744257259     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08646.x     Document Type: Article

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