The Galactic metallicity gradient

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 537-554

  Rolleston, W R J ^a   Smartt, S J ^b,c   Dufton, P L ^a,d   Ryans, R S I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ING Telescopes ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: evolution; Stars: abundances; Stars: early type

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001264238     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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