Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae: new ties between the chemical and dynamical evolution of globular clusters?

2014/07/15 by A. Kučinskas, A. Kucinskas, V. Dobrovolskas +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Blue straggler #Chemical evolution #Cluster (spacecraft) #Context (archaeology) #Globular cluster #Horizontal branch #Physics #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424200

published as A&A 568, L4 (2014) · 4 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

openalex publication_date 2014/07/15 · arxiv created 2014/07/29 · arxiv updated 2014/09/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. It is generally accepted today that Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) consist of at least two generations of stars that are different in their chemical composition and perhaps age. However, knowledge about the kinematical properties of these stellar generations, which may provide important information for constraining evolutionary scenarios of the GGCs, is still limited.

Citations

• Multiple populations in globular clusters. Lessons learned from the Milky Way globular clusters

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