Enhancement of alpha-Elements in Dynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies
Astrophysics
2016-08-30 v1
Abstract
In this paper we present a quantitative analysis of the chemical abundances in "monolithic" N-body-Tree-SPH models of elliptical galaxies to determine whether the ratio [alpha/Fe] increases with the galaxy mass as suggested by observational data.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0203363,
title = {Enhancement of alpha-Elements in Dynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies},
author = {R. Tantalo and C. Chiosi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0203363},
year = {2016}
}
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12 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables. To appear in Astronomy and Astrophisics