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Abundances for alpha-elements and Fe in about 150 field subdwarfs and early subgiants with accurate parallaxes and kinematic data are used to discuss the run of abundance ratios in metal-poor stars in the solar neighborhood. Based on…

Based on high-resolution spectra obtained during gravitational microlensing events we present a detailed elemental abundance analysis of 32 dwarf and subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge. [ABRIDGED], we now have 58 microlensed bulge dwarfs…

Recent spectroscopic explorations of large Galactic stellar samples stars have revealed the existence of red giants with [$\alpha$/Fe] ratios that are anomalously high, given their relatively young ages. We revisit the GALAH DR3 survey to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 S. Borisov , N. Prantzos , C. Charbonnel

The formation and evolution of galaxies is imprinted on their stellar population radial gradients. Two recent articles present conflicting results concerning the mass dependence of the metallicity gradients for early-type dwarf galaxies. On…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 M. Koleva , Ph. Prugniel , S. De Rijcke , W. W. Zeilinger , D. Michielsen

High resolution, high S/N spectra have been obtained for a sample of 90 F and G main-sequence disk stars covering the metallicity range -1.0 < [Fe/H] < +0.1, and have been analysed in a parallel way to the work of Edvardsson et al. (1993).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Y. Q. Chen , P. E. Nissen , G. Zhao , H. W. Zhang , T. Benoni

We present an abundance analysis based on high resolution spectra of 10 stars selected to span the full range in metallicity in the Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We find [Fe/H] for the sample stars ranges from -1.35 to -3.10 dex and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Judith G. Cohen , Wenjin Huang

We report on the chemical abundances derived from high-dispersion spectra of 14 red giant stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) galaxy. The stars span a wide range of metallicities, -1.6 < [Fe/H] < -0.1 dex, and exhibit very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tammy A. Smecker-Hane , Andrew McWilliam

We present new medium resolution kinematic data for a sample of 21 dwarf early-type galaxies (dEs) mainly in the Virgo cluster, obtained with the WHT and INT telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma, Spain). These data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 E. Toloba , A. Boselli , A. J. Cenarro , R. F. Peletier , J. Gorgas , A. Gil de Paz , J. C. Munoz-Mateos

Abridge. We have conducted a spectrophotometric study of dwarf early-type galaxies (dEs) in the Virgo cluster and in regions of lower density. We have found that these galaxies show many properties in common with late-type galaxies but not…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-31 Elisa Toloba

We present the stellar population analysis of a sample of 12 dwarf elliptical galaxies, observed with the SAURON integral field unit, using the full-spectrum fitting method. We show that star formation histories (SFHs) resolved into two…

We study the radial dependence in stellar populations of 33 nearby early-type galaxies with central stellar velocity dispersions sigma* > 150 km/s. We measure stellar population properties in composite spectra, and use ratios of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Jenny E Greene , Jeremy D Murphy , Genevieve J Graves , James E Gunn , Sudhir Raskutti , Julia M Comerford , Karl Gebhardt

We present central CaT, PaT, and CaT* indices for a sample of fifteen dwarf elliptical galaxies (dEs). Twelve of these have CaT* ~ 7 A and extend the negative correlation between the CaT* index and central velocity dispersion sigma, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Michielsen , S. De Rijcke , H. Dejonghe , W. W. Zeilinger , G. K. T. Hau

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

In this work we present chemical abundances of heavy elements (Z$>$28) for a homogeneous sample of 1059 stars from HARPS planet search program. We also derive ages using parallaxes from Hipparcos and Gaia DR1 to compare the results. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 E. Delgado Mena , M. Tsantaki , V. Zh. Adibekyan , S. G. Sousa , N. C. Santos , J. I. González Hernández , G. Israelian

In this paper we study the underlying stellar population of a sample of 65 nearby early-type galaxies predominantly located in low density environments. Ages, metallicities and [alpha/Fe] ratios have been derived through the comparison of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-28 F. Annibali , A. Bressan , R. Rampazzo , W. W. Zeilinger , L. Danese

We use our new, flux-calibrated stellar population model of absorption-line indices to derive ages, metallicities, and various element abundance ratios from integrated light spectroscopy of galactic globular clusters. The ages agree well…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel Thomas , Jonas Johansson , Claudia Maraston

We present an analysis of the optical colors of 413 Virgo cluster early-type dwarf galaxies (dEs), based on Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data. Our study comprises (1) a comparison of the color-magnitude relation (CMR) of the different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thorsten Lisker , Eva K. Grebel , Bruno Binggeli

Dwarf elliptical galaxies (dEs) are the dominant population in galaxy clusters and serve as ideal probes for studying the environmental impact on galactic evolution. A substantial fraction of dEs are known to harbor central nuclei, which…

We present narrow band photometry of 91 dwarf ellipticals in the Coma and Fornax clusters taken through the Stromgren (uvby) filter system. Dividing the sample by dwarf morphology into nucleated (dEN) and non-nucleated (dE) dwarfs reveals…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Rakos , J. Schombert

We present a detailed elemental abundance study of 90 F and G dwarf, turn-off and subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge. Based on high-resolution spectra acquired during gravitational microlensing events, stellar ages and abundances for 11…