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The Age and Metallicity Relation of Omega Centauri

Stanford, Laura; Da Costa, Gary; Norris, John; Cannon, Russell

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We present a metallicity distribution based on photometry and spectra for 442 ω Centauri cluster members that lie at the main-sequence turnoff region of the color-magnitude diagram. This distribution is similar to that found for the red giant branch. The

dc.contributor.authorStanford, Laura
dc.contributor.authorDa Costa, Gary
dc.contributor.authorNorris, John
dc.contributor.authorCannon, Russell
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:49:36Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/26835
dc.description.abstractWe present a metallicity distribution based on photometry and spectra for 442 ω Centauri cluster members that lie at the main-sequence turnoff region of the color-magnitude diagram. This distribution is similar to that found for the red giant branch. The
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.sourceAstrophysical Journal, The
dc.subjectKeywords: Globular clusters: general; Globular clusters: individual (? Centauri)
dc.titleThe Age and Metallicity Relation of Omega Centauri
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume647
dc.date.issued2006
local.identifier.absfor020104 - Galactic Astronomy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4114753xPUB47
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationStanford, Laura, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationDa Costa, Gary, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationNorris, John, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationCannon, Russell, Anglo-Australian Observatory
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1075
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1092
local.identifier.doi10.1086/505571
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T12:10:22Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33748581943
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