Discovery of carbon/oxygen-depleted blue straggler stars in 47 tucanae: The chemical signature of a mass transfer formation process

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 647, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Ferraro, F R ^a   Sabbi, E ^b   Gratton, R ^c   Piotto, G ^d   Lanzoni, B ^e   Carretta, E ^e   Rood, R T ^f   Sills, Alison ^g   Fusi Pecci, F ^e   Moehler, S ^h,i   Beccari, G ^e,j,k   Lucatello, S ^c   Compagni, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^k INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Blue stragglers; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 104); Stars: abundances; Stars: evolution; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748450394     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507327     Document Type: Article

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