Origin of the metallicity distribution of the NGC 5128 stellar halo

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 587-598

  Bekki, K ^a   Harris, William E ^b,d   Harris, Gretchen L H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cd; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual: NGC 5128; Galaxies: stellar content; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MERGING; METALS; STARS;

CLUSTERS SYSTEM; ELLIPTICALS; GALAXIES ABUNDANCES; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 5128; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS:GENERAL; METALLICITIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0141872888     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.05973.x     Document Type: Article

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