Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics

JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics, 14 June 2013

Volume 11, Issue 24 (19 Articles)

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# 17 - Sodium content as a predictor of the advanced evolution of globular cluster stars
- Investigations show that all the second-generation stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 fail to reach the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase, every AGB star in the sample has a low sodium abundance, indicating that they are exclusively first-generation stars.
- Nature - Volume: 498, Issue: 7453
- 140-266

This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.