1. Flames High Resolution Spectroscopy of RGB Stars in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
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Lemasle, B., Hill, V., Tolstoy, E., Venn, K., Koleva, M, Prugniel, P, Vauglin, and Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
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Physics ,Star formation ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Milky Way ,General Engineering ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Star count ,Dwarf spheroidal galaxy ,Red-giant branch ,Stars ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Halo ,Spectroscopy ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
Carina is a small and faint classical dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the halo of the Milky Way with a highly episodic star formation history (e.g., Hurley-Keller et al. 1998). Using VLT/FLAMES in high resolution mode, we significantly increase the sample of stars with abundance determinations in Carina, adding to earlier work with UVES. Here we present our preliminary abundances for Fe, Mg, Ca and Ba in 23 red giant branch stars in the centre of Carina.
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- 2011
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