The white dwarf cooling sequence of NGC 6397

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 671, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 380-401

  Hansen, Brad M S ^a,b   Anderson, Jay ^c   Brewer, James ^d   Dotter, Aaron ^e   Fahlman, Greg G ^d,f   Hurley, Jarrod ^g   Kalirai, Jason ^h   King, Ivan ⁱ   Reitzel, David ^a   Richer, Harvey B ^d   Rich, R Michael ^a   Shara, Michael M ^j   Stetson, Peter B ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Canada France Hawaii Telescope Corporation ^*  (United States)

^f CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6397); Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: Population II; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249088182     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522567     Document Type: Article

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