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The Chemical Inhomogeneity within Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

John Norris
John Norris*
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Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories Australian National University

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Twenty years ago it was believed by most astronomers that globular clusters were chemically homogeneous - where by homogeneous one means that the outer layers of all stars within a given cluster are the same to within a few tens of percent. Today it is possible to defend the case that no Galactic globular cluster has this characteristic. The reason that this phenomenon has exercised the minds of so many groups in the past 15 years is exciting and obvious: if one can ascertain which are the relevant physical processes in operation, one stands to gain significant insight into both the way in which globular clusters formed and/or the way in which individual low mass stars evolve and mix the products of their nucleosynthesis into their outer layers. A second important driver at the back of the minds of workers in this field is the possible ramifications of an understanding of the phenomenon; for example, if one concludes that the abundance anomalies are being driven today by some particular effect (angular momentum, magnetic fields, interactions within binary systems, stellar collisions - or whatever) this may lead to insight into other important globular cluster phenomena (eg bimodal horizontal branches, gaps at the base of the giant branch, horizontal branch rotation, etc.)

Type
Chapter II. Review Papers on Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 126: The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies , 1988 , pp. 93 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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