# Multiple stellar populations in the globular cluster 𝜔 Centauri as tracers of a merger event

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Acknowledgements. Support for this work was provided by the Creative Research Initiatives Program of the Korean Ministry of Science & Technology, and in part, by the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation. S.-C.R. was a visiting astronomer at CTIO/NOAO, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.

Correspondence should be addressed to Y.-W. L. (e-mail: ywlee@csa.yonsei.ac.kr).