Metal abundances of RR Lyrae stars in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 937-952

  Gratton, R G ^a   Bragaglia, A ^b   Clementini, G ^b   Carretta, E ^a,b   Di Fabrizio, L ^b,c   Maio, M ^b   Taribello, E ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INAF   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: magellanic clouds; Stars: abundances; Stars: evolution; Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GALAXIES; METAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROGRAPHS; TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES: MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STARS: EVOLUTION; STARS: POPULATION II;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 3142690685     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035840     Document Type: Article

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