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Multiple population theory: The extreme helium population problem
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2008
Abstract
The spreads in chemical abundances inferred by recent precision observations suggest that some or possibly all globular clusters can no longer be considered as simple stellar populations. The most striking case is ω Cen in the sense that its bluest main-sequence, despite its high metallicity, demands an extreme helium abundance of Y ≈ 0.4. I focus on this issue of “the extreme helium population problem” in this review.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S258: The Ages of Stars , October 2008 , pp. 253 - 264
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