The helium-core mass at the helium flash in low-mass red giant stars: Observations and theory

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 461, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 231-245

  Catelan, M ^a   De Freitas Pacheco, J A ^a   Horvath, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: interiors; Stars: late type stars: population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344461597     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177051     Document Type: Article

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