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Thomas H. Puzia

1 articles · 3 co-authors · latest: 2026-06-05

The Color Key to the Ultraviolet Excess: Ghost Stars from Globular Clusters

The mystery of the ultraviolet 'hump' in the spectra of elliptical galaxies has found an unexpected solution: it's created not by natives, but by immigrant stars from destroyed globular clusters. Analysis of Hubble images in four filters revealed radial color gradients sensitive to helium and nitrog
arXiv:2606.07751v2 · 2026-06-05