The metallicity distribution function of red giants in the large magellanic cloud

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1808-1829

  Cole, Andrew A ^a   Smecker Hane, Tammy A ^b   Gallagher III, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: stellar content; Magellanic clouds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039027660     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301564     Document Type: Article

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