The age and abundance structure of the stellar populations in the central sub-kpc of the Milky Way

Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S.; Gould, A.; Yee, J. C., et al. (2017). The age and abundance structure of the stellar populations in the central sub-kpc of the Milky Way. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 13, (S334), 86 - 89
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Bensby, T. ; Feltzing, S. ; Gould, A. ; Yee, J. C. , et al.
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Lund Observatory - Has been reorganised
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Abstract:

The four main findings about the age and abundance structure of the Milky Way bulge based on microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars are: (1) a wide metallicity distribution with distinct peaks at [Fe/H] = -1.09, -0.63, -0.20, +0.12, +0.41; (2) a high fraction of intermediate-age to young stars where at [Fe/H] > 0 more than 35 % are younger than 8 Gyr, (3) several episodes of significant star formation in the bulge 3, 6, 8, and 11 Gyr ago; (4) the 'knee' in the α-element abundance trends of the sub-solar metallicity bulge appears to be located at a slightly higher [Fe/H] (about 0.05 to 0.1 dex) than in the local thick disk.

Keywords:
Galaxy: abundances ; Galaxy: disk ; Galaxy: evolution ; Galaxy: structure
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1743-9213
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