Kinematics of metal-poor stars in the galaxy. III. Formation of the stellar halo and thick disk as revealed from a large sample of nonkinematically selected stars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2843-2865

  Chiba, Masashi ^a   Beers, Timothy C ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: halo; Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000548775     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301409     Document Type: Article

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