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We report the identification of a set of old super metal-rich dwarf stars with orbits of low eccentricity that reach a maximum height from the Galactic plane between ~0.5-1.5 kpc. We discuss their properties to understand their origins. We…

[Abridged abstract] We have performed an abundance analysis for 176 F- and G- dwarfs of the Galactic thick disk component. Using accurate radial velocities combined with $Hipparcos$ astrometry, kinematics (U, V, and W) and Galactic orbital…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bacham E. Reddy , David L. Lambert , Carlos Allende Prieto

We study the evolution of dwarf (L_H < 10^{9.6} L_Ho) star forming and quiescent galaxies in the Virgo cluster by comparing their UV to radio centimetric properties to the predictions of multizone chemo-spectrophotometric models of galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Boselli , S. Boissier , L. Cortese , G. Gavazzi

NGC 5053 provides a rich environment to test our understanding of the complex evolution of globular clusters (GCs). Recent studies have found that this cluster has interesting morphological features beyond the typical spherical distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Owen M. Boberg , Eileen D. Friel , Enrico Vesperini

X-ray measurements find systematically lower Fe abundances in the X-ray emitting haloes pervading groups ($kT\lesssim1.7$ keV) than in clusters of galaxies. These results have been difficult to reconcile with theoretical predictions.…

AIMS: We analyse the photometric properties of the early-type Fornax cluster dwarf galaxy population, based on a wide field imaging study of the central cluster area in V and I. We used the instrument/telescope combination IMACS/Magellan at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Mieske , M. Hilker , L. Infante , C. Mendes de Oliveira

We studied the stellar populations of 40 early-type galaxies using medium resolution long-slit spectroscopy along their major axes (and along the minor axis for two of them), from 10^7 Msol to 10^12 Msol (-9.2 > M_B > -22.4 mag). All the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Mina Koleva , Philippe Prugniel , Sven De Rijcke , Werner W. Zeilinger

We present metallicities, [Fe/H], and elemental abundance ratios, [X/Fe], for a sample of 24 Cepheids in the outer Galactic disk. The sample have Galactocentric distances covering 12 < R_GC (kpc) < 17.2 making them the most distant Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David Yong , Bruce W. Carney , Luisa de Almeida , Brian L. Pohl

We present the abundance analysis for a sample of 7 red giant branch stars in the metal-poor globular cluster NGC 4372 based on UVES spectra acquired as part of the Gaia-ESO Survey. This is the first extensive study of this cluster from…

We present gas-phase elemental abundance ratios of 7 local extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) including our new Keck/LRIS spectroscopy determinations together with 33 JWST $z\sim 4-10$ star-forming galaxies in the literature, and compare…

We report the abundances of 30 elements in 23 metal-poor ([Fe/H] <-1.7) giants. These are based on 7774 equivalent widths and spectral synthesis of 229 additional lines. Hyperfine splitting is taken into account when appropriate. Our choice…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jennifer A. Johnson

Li abundances are derived for a sample of bulgelike stars with isochronal ages of 10-11 Gyr. These stars have orbits with pericentric distances, Rp, as small as 2-3 kpc and Zmax < 1 kpc. The sample comprises G and K dwarf stars in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luciana Pompeia , Beatriz Barbuy , Michel Grenon , Bruno Castilho

This paper presents chemical abundances of twelve elements (C, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, and Fe) for 80 FGK dwarfs in the Pleiades open cluster, which span a temperature range of $\sim$2000 K in T$_{\rm eff}$, using the…

We present new measurements of central line-strength indices (namely Mg2, <Fe>, and Hbeta and gradients for a sample of 6 bright spheroidal galaxies (Sph's) in the Virgo cluster. Comparison with similar measurements for elliptical galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Gorgas , S. Pedraz , R. Guzman , N. Cardiel , J. J. Gonzalez

We studied a sample of high proper motion, old and metal-rich dwarf stars, selected from the NLTT catalogue. The low pericentric distances and eccentric orbits of these solar neighbourhood stars indicate that they might have originated in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-15 M. Trevisan , B. Barbuy

We present the results of medium-resolution spectroscopy of 28 globular clusters (GCs) in six nearby galaxies of different luminosities and morphological types, situated in: M33 (15 objects), M31 (3), IC10 (4), UGCA86 (4), HolmbergIX (1),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Margarita E. Sharina , Rupali Chandar , Thomas H. Puzia , Paul Goudfrooij , Emmanuel Davoust

We determined the metallicity ([Fe/H]), together with O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr and Ni abundances for a sample of 10 unevolved or slightly evolved stars belonging to the open cluster M 67. We find an average metallicity [Fe/H]=0.03 +/-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Randich , P. Sestito , F. Primas , R. Pallavicini , L. Pasquini

We derived stellar ages and metallicities [Z/H] for $\sim$70 passive early type galaxies (ETGs) selected from VANDELS survey over the redshift range 1.0$<$$z$$<$1.4 and stellar mass range 10$<$log(M$_*$/M$_\odot$)$<$11.6. We find…

We provide detailed abundance analyses of 8 candidate super-metal-rich stars. Five of them are confirmed to have [Fe/H] > 0.2 dex, the generally-accepted limit for super-metal-richness. Furthermore, we derive abundances of several elements…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sofia Feltzing , Guillermo Gonzalez

We explore possible correlations between light profile shapes, as parameterized by the Sersic index or the concentration index C_re(1/3), and relevant stellar population parameters in early-type galaxies. Mean luminosity weighted ages,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexandre Vazdekis , Ignacio Trujillo , Yoshihiko Yamada