Massive stars, globular clusters and elliptical galaxies

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2008-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/0801.1574v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 4 figures, "Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana", Vol. 79 No. 2, eds. S. Cassisi & M. Salaris, in press

Scientific paper

Globular clusters as $\omega$ Cen and NGC 2808 appear to have a population of very He-rich stars. From a theoretical point of view, one expects the presence of He-rich stars in all globular clusters showing an oxygen-sodium (O-Na) anticorrelation. In this paper, we briefly recall how fast rotating massive stars could be the main source of the material from which He-rich stars have formed. We speculate that the UV-upturn phenomenon observed in all elliptical galaxies might be due to He-rich stars. If this hypothesis is correct then fast rotating massive stars may have played in the early evolutionary phases of these systems a similar role as the one they played in the nascent globular clusters.

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