Estimation of stellar metal abundance. II. A recalibration of the Ca II K technique, and the autocorrelation function method

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 981-1009

  Beers, Timothy C ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^a,c   Norris, John E ^f   Ryan, Sean G ^b,d   Shefler, Thomas ^a,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: halo; Stars: population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000815530     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300727     Document Type: Article

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