Mass-metallicity relation for the local group dwarf spheroidal galaxies: A new picture for the chemical enrichment of galaxies in the lowest mass range

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 552, Issue 2 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Tamura, Naoyuki ^a   Hirashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu T ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Local Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035594004     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320329     Document Type: Article

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