Star clusters as laboratories for stellar and dynamical evolution

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 755-782

  Kalirai, Jason S ^a   Richer, Harvey B ^b  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Star clusters; Stellar evolution; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; DYNAMICAL STATE; EVOLUTIONARY PHASIS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; METALLICITIES; NEW STUDY; STAR CLUSTERS; STELLAR EVOLUTIONS; STELLAR MASS LOSS; STELLAR POPULATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WHITE DWARFS;

STARS;

EID: 76949106425     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0257     Document Type: Review

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