The Chemical Evolution of Helium in Globular Clusters:Implications for the Self-Pollution Scenario

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2006

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Karakas, Amanda
Fenner, Y
Sills, A.
Campbell, S
Lattanzio, John

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IOP Publishing

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We investigate the suggestion that there are stellar populations in some globular clusters with enhanced helium (Y ∼ 0.28-0.40) compared to the primordial value. We assume that a previous generation of massive asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars have po

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Keywords: Globular clusters: general; Stars: abundances; Stars: AGB and post-AGB; Stars: chemically peculiar

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31