The peculiar horizontal branch morphology of the Galactic globular clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441: New insights from UV observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-119

  Busso, G ^a,b,c   Cassisi, S ^a   Piotto, G ^c   Castellani, M ^d   Romaniello, M ^e   Catelan, M ^f   Djorgovski, S G ^g   Recio Blanco, A ^h   Renzini, A ⁱ   Rich, M R ^j   Sweigart, A V ^k   Zoccali, M ^f  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual: NGC 6388; Globular clusters: individual: NGC 6441; Stars: horizontal branch; Ultraviolet: stars

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; STARS;

COLOR MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; HORIZONTAL BRANCH; PULSATIONAL PROPERTIES;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 35349006991     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077806     Document Type: Article

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