Chemical signature of a major merger in the early formation of the small Magellanic cloud

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 700, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Tsujimoto, Takuji ^a   Bekki, Kenji ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: star clusters; Magellanic Clouds; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450148041     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/L69     Document Type: Article

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