Sodium content as a predictor of the advanced evolution of globular cluster stars

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Campbell, Simon W
D’Orazi , V
Yong, David
Constantino, Thomas N
Lattanzio, John
Stancliffe, Richard
Angelou, G C
Wylie de Boer, Elizabeth
Grundahl, Frank

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd

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The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase is the final stage of nuclear burning for low-mass stars. Although Milky Way globular clusters are now known to harbour (at least) two generations of stars, they still provide relatively homogeneous samples of stars

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2037-12-31