Abundances as Tracers of the Formation and Evolution of (Dwarf) Galaxies
Abstract
This aims to be an overview of what detailed observations of individual stars in nearby dwarf galaxies may teach us about galaxy evolution. This includes some early results from the DART (Dwarf Abundances and Radial velocity Team) Large Programme at ESO. This project has used 2.2m/WFI and VLT/FLAMES to obtain spectra of large samples of individual stars in nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies and determine accurate abundances and kinematics. These results can be used to trace the formation and evolution of nearby galaxies from the earliest times to the present.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0412067,
title = {Abundances as Tracers of the Formation and Evolution of (Dwarf) Galaxies},
author = {Eline Tolstoy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0412067},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
to be published in the proceedings of the ESO/Arcetri-workshop on "Chemical Abundances and Mixing in Stars", 13.-17. Sep. 2004, Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, L. Pasquini, S. Randich (eds.)