VLT/UVES abundances in four nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies. II. Implications for understanding galaxy evolution

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 2 1766, 2003, Pages 707-726

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038218758     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345967     Document Type: Article

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