The widths and peak metallicities of thin-disc metallicity distributions for solar neighbourhood dwarfs and giants

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 967-974

  Taylor, B J ^a   Croxall, K ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: disc; Solar neighbourhood; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; METALS; STARS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVOLVED STARS; GALAXIES ABUNDANCES; GALAXY: DISKS; GAUSSIANS; METALLICITIES; SAMPLING BIAS; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STARS ABUNDANCES; STARS: BE; THIN DISK;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 14544270923     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08705.x     Document Type: Article

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