The dual origin of stellar halos. II. Chemical abundances as tracers of formation history

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 721, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 738-743

  Zolotov, Adi ^a   Willman, Beth ^b   Brooks, Alyson M ^c   Governato, Fabio ^d   Hogg, David W ^a   Shen, Sijing ^e   Wadsley, James ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: halo; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149237224     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/721/1/738     Document Type: Article

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