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Horizontal-Branch Morphology and Mass Loss in Globular Clusters

2008/09/15 by Aaron Dotter
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Globular cluster #Horizontal branch #Morphology (biology) #Paleontology #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/593149

13 pages, 5 figures, to appear in ApJ Letters (figure 2 may not display correctly in some PDF viewers)

arxiv created 2008/09/15 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The connection between mass loss on the red giant branch (RGB) and horizontal-branch (HB) morphology in globular clusters (GCs) has long been acknowledged but the mechanisms governing mass loss remain poorly understood from a theoretical perspective. The

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