Vlt/UVES abundances in four nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies. I. Nucleosynthesis and abundance ratios

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 2 1766, 2003, Pages 684-706

  Shetrone, Matthew ^a   Venn, Kim A ^b,c   Tolstoy, Eline ^d   Primas, Francesca ^e   Hill, Vanessa ^f   Kaufer, Andreas ^g  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (Sculptor, Fornax, Carina, Leo I); Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037881026     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345966     Document Type: Article

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