Metal abundances of RR Lyrae stars in the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6441

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 630, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Clementini, Gisella ^a   Gratton, Raffaele G ^b   Bragaglia, Angela ^a   Rlpepi, Vlncenzo ^c   Fiorenzano, Aldo F Martinez ^b,d   Held, Enrico V ^b   Carretta, Eugenio ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6441); Stars: abundances; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: variables: other; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844487296     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491789     Document Type: Article

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