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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.DATING GLOBULAR CLUSTERS

2.1.Use of color-magnitude diagrams

2.2.The V and (B - V) techniques

2.3.Luminosity functions

2.4.Dynamical information

3.OBSERVATIONAL INPUT

3.1.Quality color-magnitude diagrams

3.2.Distances of globular clusters

3.3.Abundances

4.MODELING INPUT

4.1.Nuclear physics

4.2.Radiative opacities

4.3.Equation of state

4.4.Convection

4.5.Rotation

4.6.Helium diffusion

4.7.The impact of helioseismology

5.A MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS

6.SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

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