An abundance study of red-giant-branch stars in the Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 525, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Aden D ^a   Eriksson, K ^b   Feltzing, S ^a   Grebel, E K ^c   Koch, A ^d   Wilkinson, M I ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: individual: Hercules; stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

EARLY UNIVERSE; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: HERCULES; GIANT BRANCH STARS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISOCHRONES; LUMINOUS OBJECTS; METAL-POOR STAR; METAL-RICH STARS; METALLICITIES; MODEL ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RED GIANT BRANCHES; RED GIANTS; STAR FORMATIONS; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STELLAR POPULATIONS; TYPE II;

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; METALS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY;

STARS;

EID: 78650115650     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014963     Document Type: Article

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