Multiple stellar populations in 47 Tucanae

Date

2012

Authors

Milone, Antonino
Piotto, G
Bedin, L R
King, I R
Anderson, Jay
Marino, Anna
Gratton, Raffaele G.
Renzini, Alvio
Bragaglia, Angela
Carretta, Eugenio

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

We use Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based imaging to study the multiple populations of 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc), combining high-precision photometry with calculations of synthetic spectra. Using filters covering a wide range of wavelengths, our HST

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Keywords: Hertzsprung-Russell and CM diagrams; stars: abundances; stars: horizontal-branch; stars: Population II; techniques: photometric

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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