A photometric metallicity estimate of the virgo stellar overdensity

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 707, Issue 1 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  An, Deokkeun ^a   Johnson, Jennifer A ^b   Beers, Timothy C ^c   Pinsonneault, Marc H ^b   Terndrup, Donald M ^b,d   Delahaye, Franck ^e,f,g   Lee, Young Sun ^c   Masseron, Thomas ^b   Yanny, Brian ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^h FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949311031     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/L64     Document Type: Article

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