Origins of the thick disk as traced by the alpha elements of metal-poor giant stars selected from RAVE

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 721, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Ruchti, G R ^a   Fulbright, J P ^a   Wyse, R F G ^a   Gilmore, G F ^b   Bienayme O ^c   Binney, J ^d   Bland Hawthorn, J ^e   Campbell, R ^f   Freeman, K C ^g   Gibson, B K ^h   Grebel, E K ⁱ   Helmi, A ^j   Munari, U ^k   Navarro, J F ^l   Parker, Q A ^m   Reid, W ^m   Seabroke, G M ⁿ   Siebert, A ^c   Siviero, A ^l,o   Steinmetz, M ^o   Watson, F G ^p   Williams, M ^q   Zwitter, T ^q,r   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^m MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^p ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^r Center of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: disk; Stars: abundances; Stars: late type

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649264102     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L92     Document Type: Article

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