Evolution of the barium abundance in the early Galaxy from a NLTE analysis of the Ba lines in a homogeneous sample of EMP stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 494, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1083-1090

  Andrievsky, S M ^a,b   Spite, M ^a   Korotin, S A ^b   Spite, F ^a   Francois P ^a   Bonifacio, P ^a,c   Cayrel, R ^a   Hill, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: halo; Stars: abundances; Stars: general; Stars: supernovae: general

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; BARIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; GALAXIES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

GALAXY: ABUNDANCES; GALAXY: EVOLUTION; GALAXY: HALO; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STARS: GENERAL; STARS: SUPERNOVAE: GENERAL;

STARS;

EID: 60349120559     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810894     Document Type: Article

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