The magnitude difference between the main sequence turn off and the red giant branch bump in Galactic globular clusters

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 527, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Cassisi, S ^a   Marin Franch A ^b,c   Salaris, M ^d   Aparicio, A ^e,f   Monelli, M ^e,f   Pietrinferni, A ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE FÍSICA DEL COSMOS DE ARAGÓN CEFCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

globular clusters: general; Hertzsprung Russell and C M diagrams; stars: general; stars: low mass; stars: luminosity function mass function; stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL AND C-M DIAGRAMS; STARS: GENERAL; STARS: LOW-MASS; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION MASS FUNCTION; STARS: POPULATION II;

LUMINANCE;

STARS;

EID: 79251513613     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016066     Document Type: Article

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