Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giant stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Melendez J ^a,b   Asplund, M ^c   Alves Brito, A ^d   Cunha, K ^e,f   Barbuy, B ^d   Bessell, M S ^b   Chiappini, C ^g,h   Freeman, K C ^b   Ramirez I ⁱ   Smith, V V ^e   Yong, D ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Portugal)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^f OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: evolution; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GALAXY: ABUNDANCES; GALAXY: BULGE; GALAXY: DISKS; GALAXY: EVOLUTION; STARS: ABUNDANCES;

GIANT STARS;

EID: 44849086726     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809398     Document Type: Article

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