The puzzling white dwarf cooling sequence in NGC 6791: A simple solution

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 679, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Bedin, L R ^a   Salaris, M ^b   Piotto, G ^c   Cassisi, S ^d   Milone, A P ^c   Anderson, J ^a   King, I R ^e  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 6791); White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949114612     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589151     Document Type: Article

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