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J/MNRAS/416/L6        AGB and RGB stars in ω Cen      (McDonald+, 2011)
Empirical determination of the integrated red giant and horizontal branch
stellar mass-loss in ω Centauri.
    McDonald I., Johnson C.I., Zijlstra A.A.
   <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 416, L6-L10 (2011)>
   =2011MNRAS.416L...6M    (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Stars, giant ; Stars, horizontal branch

Keywords: stars: AGB and post-AGB - circumstellar matter - stars: mass-loss -
          stars: winds, outflows - globular clusters: individual: omega Cen -
          infrared: stars

Abstract:
    We herein determine the average integrated mass-loss from stars
    belonging to the dominant metal-poor population ([Fe/H]~-1.7) of
    the Galactic globular cluster ω Centauri (NGC 5139) during their
    red giant and horizontal branch (HB) evolution.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat        33       87   Spectroscopic and photometric parameters for
                             our target stars


See also:
   J/A+A/360/472 : Proper motions in omega Centauri (van Leeuwen+, 2000)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1-  5  I5    ---     LEID      LEID identification number,
                                   Cl* NGC 5139 Leid NNNNN in Simbad
   7- 10  I4    K       Temp      Photometric effective temperature
  12- 18  F7.3  Lsun    Lum       Photometric luminosity
  20- 24  F5.2  [Sun]   [Fe/H]    Metallicity
  26- 29  F4.2  [cm/s2] logg      Gravity surface
  31- 33  A3    ---     Type      AGB or RGB type


History:
    From electronic version of the journal
(End)                                      Patricia Vannier [CDS]    02-Mar-2012