Oxygen abundances in the Galactic bulge: Evidence for fast chemical enrichment

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Zoccali, M ^a   Lecureur, A ^b   Barbuy, B ^c   Hill, V ^b   Renzini, A ^d   Minniti, D ^a   Momany, Y ^e   Gomez A ^b   Ortolani, S ^e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Stars: abundances; Stars: atmospheres

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GALAXY: BULGE; OXYGEN ABUNDANCES; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STARS: ATMOSPHERES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33749068444     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065659     Document Type: Article

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