A spectroscopic analysis of blue stragglers, horizontal branch stars, and turnoff stars in four globular clusters

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 632, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 894-919

  De Marco, Orsola ^a   Shara, Michael M ^a   Zurek, D ^a   Ouellette, John A ^a   Lanz, Thierry ^b,c,d   Saffer, Rex A ^e   Sepinsky, Jeremy F ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue stragglers; Globular clusters: individual (47 Tucanae, m3, NGC 6397, NGC 6752); Methods: data analysis; Methods: numerical; Stars: fundamental parameters; Techniques: Spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444449939     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444372     Document Type: Article

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