Observational properties of the metal-poor thick disk of the milky way and insights into its origins

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 737, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ruchti, Gregory R ^a,q   Fulbright, Jon P ^a   Wyse, Rosemary F G ^a   Gilmore, Gerard F ^b   Bienaymé, Olivier ^c   Bland Hawthorn, Joss ^d   Gibson, Brad K ^e   Grebel, Eva K ^f   Helmi, Amina ^g   Munari, Ulisse ^h   Navarro, Julio F ⁱ   Parker, Quentin A ^j   Reid, Warren ^j   Seabroke, George M ^k   Siebert, Arnaud ^c   Siviero, Alessandro ^l,m   Steinmetz, Matthias ^m   Watson, Fred G ⁿ   Williams, Mary ^m   Zwitter, Tomaz ^o,p  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^j MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^m ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^p Center of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: disk; stars: abundances; stars: late type

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052068661     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/737/1/9     Document Type: Article

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