Is a binary fraction-age relation responsible for the lack of EHB binaries in globular clusters?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Moni Bidin, C ^a   Catelan, M ^b   Altmann, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Binaries: spectroscopic; Globular clusters: individual: NGC 6752; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: subdwarfs

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BINARY FRACTION-AGE RELATION; EXTREME HORIZONTAL BRANCH (EHB) STARS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS;

STARS;

EID: 39849102490     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078782     Document Type: Article

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