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The extremely low-metallicity tail of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Authors :
Pascale Jablonka
Thomas J. L. de Boer
Mike Irwin
Lex Kaper
Leon Boschman
Bertrand Lemasle
Else Starkenburg
Patrick Francois
Giuseppina Battaglia
Paul J. Groot
Vanessa Hill
Kim Venn
Eline Tolstoy
Astronomy
Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI)
Source :
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Astronomy & astrophysics, 549:A88. EDP Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549. EDP Sciences
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
arXiv, 2012.

Abstract

We present abundances for seven stars in the (extremely) low-metallicity tail of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy, from spectra taken with X-shooter on the ESO VLT. Targets were selected from the Ca II triplet (CaT) survey of the Dwarf Abundances and Radial Velocities Team (DART) using the latest calibration. Of the seven extremely metal-poor candidates, five stars are confirmed to be extremely metal-poor (i.e., [Fe/H]<br />Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures. Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Very minor corrections made to match the published version

Details

ISSN :
00046361
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Astronomy & astrophysics, 549:A88. EDP Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549. EDP Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....aad12b7928a731c477d502d5fd7f021f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1211.4592