Observations of multiple populations in star clusters
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2009-02-10 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
An increasing number of photometric observations of multiple stellar populations in Galactic globular clusters is seriously challenging the paradigm of GCs hosting single, simple stellar populations. These multiple populations manifest themselves in a split of different evolutionary sequences as observed in the cluster color-magnitude diagrams. Multiple stellar populations have been identified in Galactic and Magellanic Cloud clusters. In this paper we will summarize the observational scenario.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.1422,
title = {Observations of multiple populations in star clusters},
author = {Giampaolo Piotto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1422},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
to appear in the proceedings of "the Ages of Stars" Batimore, 13-17 Oct 2008 IAU Symposium No 258, 2009