A white dwarf cooling age of 8 Gyr for NGC 6791 from physical separation processes

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7295, 2010, Pages 194-196

  García Berro, Enrique ^a,b   Torres, Santiago ^a,b   Althaus, Leandro G ^a,c,d   Renedo, Isabel ^a,b   Lorén Aguilar, Pablo ^a,b   Córsico, Alejandro H ^c,d   Rohrmann, René D ^d   Salaris, Maurizio ^e   Isern, Jordi ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; NEON; OXYGEN;

BURNING; COOLING; CRYSTAL; HELIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE; SEPARATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASH; ASTRONOMY; CHRONOLOGY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINANCE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 77952370007     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09045     Document Type: Article

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