Chemical evolution of star clusters

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 801-828

  Van Loon, Jacco Th ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Globular clusters: general; Open clusters and associations: general; Stars: abundances; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; STARS;

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DWARF GALAXIES; GALACTIC BULGE; GALACTIC HALO; GALAXY: EVOLUTION; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; STAR CLUSTERS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 76949094844     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0259     Document Type: Review

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