Final products of stellar evolution in high metallicity environments and the UV upturn in Elliptical Galaxies
by
Giovanni Carraro(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia)
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Europe/Rome
Aula Conversi (Dip. di Fisica - Edificio G. Marconi)
Aula Conversi
Dip. di Fisica - Edificio G. Marconi
Description
I will review the properties of the old, metal rich, massive open cluster NGC 6791. First of all I will show how its properties help us to better understand the origin of the UV upturn in the spectral energy distribution of massive local volume ellipticals. Second, I will discuss the possible origin of this unique object in the framework of the Milky Way chemical and dynamical evolution.