Line-strength indices in bright spheroidal galaxies: Evidence for a stellar population dichotomy between spheroidal and elliptical galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 481, Issue 1 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Gorgas, Javier ^a   Pedraz, Santos ^a   Guzmán, Rafael ^b   Cardiel, Nicolás ^a   González, J Jesús ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744432821     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310647     Document Type: Article

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