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A Comparison Between the Relative Heavy Metal Abundance of the Extreme Halo Field Stars and Giant Stars of Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M. Spite
Affiliation:
Paris-Meudon Observatory
F. Spite
Affiliation:
Paris-Meudon Observatory

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Until very recently, estimates of the chemical composition at early epochs of the Galaxy were made through the analysis of halo field stars. Recently, however some medium dispersion studies of stars in globular clusters have appeared. It would be expected that both approaches would lead to identical results. However, a quick glance at the literature gives the opposite impression.

Type
Part IV: HR Diagrams, Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1978 

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