The revised Mg2 index as a metallicity indicator for stellar systems: giant elliptical galaxies and bulges

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 458, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 533-536

  Casuso, E ^a   Vazdekis, A ^a   Peletier, R F ^a   Beckman, J E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD

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EID: 21344449651     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176836     Document Type: Article

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