The vertical metallicity gradient of the milky way disk: Transitions in [α/Fe] populations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 791, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Schlesinger, Katharine J ^a   Johnson, Jennifer A ^b   Rockosi, Constance M ^c   Lee, Young Sun ^d   Beers, Timothy C ^e,f   Harding, Paul ^g   Allende Prieto, Carlos ^h,i   Bird, Jonathan C ^j   Schönrich, Ralph ^k   Yanny, Brian ^l   Schneider, Donald P ^m   Weaver, Benjamin A ⁿ   Brinkmann, Jon ^o  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: structure; stars: abundances; surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905638318     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/112     Document Type: Article

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