On the origin of the high helium sequence in ω Centauri

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Maeder, A ^a   Meynet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Helium; Stars: Centauri; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; HELIUM; METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

BLUE MAIN SEQUENCE (BMS); HIGH HELIUM SEQUENCE; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; STARS: Ω CENTAURI; STARS: EVOLUTION; WIND EJECTA;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 33644965770     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200600012     Document Type: Article

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