Oxygen, sodium, magnesium, and aluminium as tracers of the galactic bulge formation

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 799-814

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: formation; Stars: abundances; Stars: atmospheres

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GALAXIES; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; SODIUM; STARS;

GALAXY: ABUNDANCES; GALAXY: BULGE; GALAXY: FORMATION; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STARS: ATMOSPHERES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 34247265565     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066036     Document Type: Article

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