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The extremely low-metallicity tail of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
- Source :
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Astronomy & astrophysics, 549:A88. EDP Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549. EDP Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2012.
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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
- Subjects :
- Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
stars: abundances
METAL-POOR STARS
Metallicity
Milky Way
Astronomy
Population
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION
01 natural sciences
Spectral line
LTE LINE FORMATION
galaxy: formation
CARBON-RICH OBJECTS
0103 physical sciences
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
education
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Dwarf galaxy
Physics
education.field_of_study
010308 nuclear & particles physics
EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE SCALE
1ST STARS
Astronomy and Astrophysics
galaxies: dwarf
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Dwarf spheroidal galaxy
Stars
RED GIANT BRANCH
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
NEUTRON-CAPTURE ELEMENTS
ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING
Local Group
SATELLITE SEGUE 1
MILKY-WAY
Halo
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
galaxies: evolution
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Subjects
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