A robust test of evolution near the tip of the red giant branch and missing giants in NGC 2808

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 654, Issue 1 II, 2007, Pages

  Sandquist, Eric L ^a   Martel, André R ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual (M5, NGC 2808); Neutrinos; Stars: evolution; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846534213     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510722     Document Type: Article

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