Spectroscopic and photometric evidence of two stellar populations in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6121 (M 4)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 625-640

  Marino, A F ^a   Villanova, S ^b   Piotto, G ^a   Milone, A P ^a   Momany, Y ^c   Bedin, L R ^d   Medling, A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: globular clusters: individual: NGC 6121; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; KETONES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SILICON; STARS; TELESCOPES;

ABUNDANCE ANALYSIS; AL CONTENTS; ANTICORRELATION; GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GALAXY: GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 6121; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION; INFRARED; RED GIANT BRANCHES; SPECTROSCOPIC DATUM; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

SODIUM;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; KETONES; MAGNESIUM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMETERS; PLATES; PRINTING; SILICON; SODIUM;

EID: 54549117003     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810389     Document Type: Article

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