Lithium abundances in red giants of M4: Evidence for asymptotic giant branch star pollution in globular clusters?

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 716, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  D'Orazi, Valentina ^a   Marino, Anna F ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

globular clusters: individual (NGC 6121); stars: abundances; stars: individual (Population II)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956715769     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/716/2/L166     Document Type: Article

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