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We present updated stellar population models appropriate for old ages (>1 Gyr) and covering a wide range in metallicities (-1.5<[Fe/H]<0.3). These models predict the full spectral variation associated with individual element abundance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 Charlie Conroy , Alexa Villaume , Pieter van Dokkum , Karin Lind

Although the spectrum of a prototypical early-type galaxy is assumed to lack emission lines, a substantial fraction (likely as high as 30%) of nearby red sequence galaxy spectra contain emission lines with line ratios characteristic of low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Genevieve J. Graves , Sandra M. Faber , Ricardo P. Schiavon , Renbin Yan

Elemental abundances are key to our understanding of star formation and evolution in the Galactic center. Previous work on this topic has been based on infrared (IR) observations, but X-ray observations have the potential of constraining…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-12 Ziqian Hua , Zhiyuan Li , Mengfei Zhang , Zhuo Chen , Mark R. Morris

We present abundance ratios for 23 elements with respect to Fe in a sample of stars with a wide range in luminosity, from luminous giants to stars near the turnoff, in the globular cluster M71. The analyzed spectra, obtained with HIRES at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Solange V. Ramirez , Judith G. Cohen

The globular cluster HP~1 is projected at only 3.33 degrees from the Galactic center. Together with its distance, this makes it one of the most central globular clusters in the Milky Way. It has a blue horizontal branch (BHB) and a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 B. Barbuy , E. Cantelli , A. Vemado , H. Ernandes , S. Ortolani , I. Saviane , E. Bica , D. Minniti , B. Dias , Y. Momany , V. Hill , M. Zoccali , C. Siqueira-Mello

We present preliminary iron abundances and $\alpha$ element (Ca, Mg) abundance ratios for a sample of 22 Red Giant Branch (RGB) Stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr), selected near the RGB-Tip. The sample is representative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lorenzo Monaco

We present the abundances of magnesium (Mg) and silicon (Si) for 314 dwarf stars with spectral types in the interval K7.0-M5.5 (Teff range ~4200-3050 K) observed with the CARMENES high-resolution spectrograph at the 3.5 m telescope at the…

We present new optical (BVI) time-series data for the evolved variable stars in the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The quality of the data and the observing strategy allowed us to identify 14 new variable stars. Eight out of the 14 are RR…

We have obtained high-resolution, high S/N spectra for six red giants in omega Cen: three belonging to the recently discovered, metal-rich Red Giant Branch (RGB-a, Pancino et al. 2000) and three to the metal intermediate population…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-08 E. Pancino , L. Pasquini , V. Hill , F. R. Ferraro , M. Bellazzini

We present new radial velocity (RV) measurements of old (horizontal branch) and intermediate-age (red clump) stellar tracers in the Carina dwarf spheroidal. They are based on more than 2,200 low-resolution spectra collected with VIMOS at…

For the first time we show the detailed late-stage chemical evolution history of small nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Local Group. We present the results of a high resolution (R$\sim$20000) FLAMES/GIRAFFE abundance study at ESO/VLT…

We present alpha to iron abundance ratios for 226 individual red giant branch stars in nine dwarf galaxies of the Andromeda (M 31) satellite system. The abundances are measured from the combined signal of Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti lines in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Luis C. Vargas , Marla C. Geha , Erik J. Tollerud

Intermediate resolution spectra at the Ca II triplet have been obtained for 55 candidate red giants in the field of the globular cluster M22 with the VLT/FORS instrument. Spectra were also obtained for a number of red giants in standard…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 G. S. Da Costa , E. V. Held , I. Saviane , M. Gullieuszik

Chemical enrichment signatures strongly constrain galaxy formation and evolution, and a detailed understanding of abundance patterns provides clues regarding the nucleosynthetic production pathways of elements. Using the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU…

We present U,B,V,I photometry of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy, based on more than 4,000 CCD images. Special attention was given to the photometric calibration, and the precision for the B,V,I bands is better than 0.01 mag. We compared…

We present metallicities for 487 red giants in the Carina dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy that were obtained from FLAMES low-resolution Ca triplet (CaT) spectroscopy. We find a mean [Fe/H] of -1.91 dex with an intrinsic dispersion of 0.25…

Precise abundance ratios are determined for 94 dwarf stars with 5200 < Teff < 6300 K, -1.6 < [Fe/H] < -0.4, and distances D < 335 pc. Most of them have halo kinematics, but 16 thick-disk stars are included. Equivalent widths of atomic lines…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Poul E. Nissen , William J. Schuster

Photospheric abundances are presented for 27 elements from carbon to europium in 181 F-G dwarfs from a differential LTE analysis of high-resolution and high signal-to-noise spectra. Stellar $T_{\rm eff}$ were adopted from an infrared flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bacham E. Reddy , Jocelyn Tomkin , David L. Lambert , Carlos Allende Prieto

The spatial distribution of elemental abundances in the disc of our Galaxy gives insights both on its assembly process and subsequent evolution, and on the stellar nucleogenesis of the different elements. Gradients can be traced using…

We present our analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 observations in F555W (~V) and F814W (~I) of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The resulting V vs (V-I) color-magnitude diagrams reach V ~ 27.1 mag. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Kenneth J. Mighell