The star formation and chemical evolution history of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 544, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Boer, T J L ^a   Tolstoy, E ^a   Hill, V ^b   Saha, A ^c   Olszewski, E W ^d   Mateo, M ^e   Starkenburg, E ^f   Battaglia, G ^g   Walker, M G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: stellar content; Hertzsprung Russell and C M diagrams; Local Group

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GIANT STARS; METALS; PHOTOMETRY;

GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: STELLAR CONTENT; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL AND C-M DIAGRAMS; LOCAL GROUPS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84864750998     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219547     Document Type: Article

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