Elemental abundances in the Galactic bulge from microlensed dwarf stars
Abstract
We present elemental abundances of 13 microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge, which constitute the largest sample to date. We show that these stars span the full range of metallicity from Fe/H= -0.8 to +0.4, and that they follow well-defined abundance trends, coincident with those of the Galactic thick disc.
- Publication:
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Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planets
- Pub Date:
- March 2010
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0908.2779
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..265..346B
- Keywords:
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- Galaxy: bulge;
- Galaxy: abundances;
- Galaxy: disk;
- Galaxy: evolution;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Poster contribution to Chemical abundances in the Universe, connecting first stars to planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 265, K. Cunha, M. Spite and B. Barbuy, eds, Cambridge University Press, in press