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The chemical evolution of the Galactic Bulge seen through micro-lensing events

Authors :
Lucatello S.
Johnson J.
Gould A.
Asplund M.
Adén D.
Meléndez J.
Feltzing S.
Bensby T.
Gal-Yam A.
Source :
EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 19, p 06002 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, 2012.

Abstract

Galactic bulges are central to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. Here we report on recent studies using micro-lensing events to obtain spectra of high resolution and moderately high signal-to-noise ratios of dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge. Normally this is not feasible for the faint turn-off stars in the Galactic bulge, but micro-lensing offers this possibility. Elemental abundance trends in the Galactic bulge as traced by dwarf stars are very similar to those seen for dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood. We discuss the implications of the ages and metallicity distribution function derived for the micro-lensed dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2100014X
Volume :
19
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
EPJ Web of Conferences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.845754f5bf104073b33988e00b16f9f8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121906002