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Monte Carlo simulations of globular cluster red giant branches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Deborah A. Crocker  and
Robert T. Rood
Deborah A. Crocker
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
Robert T. Rood
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia

Abstract

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Simulations of globular cluster luminosity functions have shown that many of the features observed in actual clusters are probably statistical fluctuations. We suggest one new way of looking at the data which may ultimately lead to some information about the physical parameters of clusters.

Type
I. EVOLUTION OF LOW AND INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 105: Observational Tests of the Stellar Evolution Theory , 1984 , pp. 159 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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