The SEGUE stellar parameter Pipeline. V. estimation of alpha-element abundance ratios from low-resolution SDSS/SEGUE stellar spectra

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Young Sun ^a   Beers, Timothy C ^a   Prieto, Carlos Allende ^b,c,d   Lai, David K ^e   Rockosi, Constance M ^e   Morrison, Heather L ^f   Johnson, Jennifer A ^g   An, Deokkeun ^h   Sivarani, Thirupathi ⁱ   Yanny, Brian ^j  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^j FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

methods: data analysis; stars: abundances; stars: fundamental parameters; surveys; techniques: imaging spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953062348     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/141/3/90     Document Type: Article

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