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The chemical evolution of the Galactic Bulge seen through micro-lensing events

Feltzing, Sofia LU orcid ; Bensby, Thomas LU orcid ; Melendez, J. ; Adén, Daniel LU ; Asplund, M. ; Gould, A. ; Johnson, J. ; Lucatello, S. and Gal-Yam, A. (2012) Conferences of the Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way 19.
Abstract
Galactic bulges are central to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. Here we report on recent studies using micro-lensing events to obtain spectra of high resolution and moderately high signal-to-noise ratios of dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge. Normally this is not feasible for the faint turn-off stars in the Galactic bulge, but micro-lensing offers this possibility. Elemental abundance trends in the Galactic bulge as traced by dwarf stars are very similar to those seen for dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood. We discuss the implications of the ages and metallicity distribution function derived for the micro-lensed dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge.
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Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way
volume
19
publisher
EDP Sciences
conference name
Conferences of the Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way
conference location
Le Grand-Bornand, France
conference dates
2011-04-17 - 2011-04-22
external identifiers
  • wos:000307668100052
  • scopus:84873557474
ISSN
2100-014X
2101-6275
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/20121906002
language
English
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  abstract     = {{Galactic bulges are central to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. Here we report on recent studies using micro-lensing events to obtain spectra of high resolution and moderately high signal-to-noise ratios of dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge. Normally this is not feasible for the faint turn-off stars in the Galactic bulge, but micro-lensing offers this possibility. Elemental abundance trends in the Galactic bulge as traced by dwarf stars are very similar to those seen for dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood. We discuss the implications of the ages and metallicity distribution function derived for the micro-lensed dwarf stars in the Galactic bulge.}},
  author       = {{Feltzing, Sofia and Bensby, Thomas and Melendez, J. and Adén, Daniel and Asplund, M. and Gould, A. and Johnson, J. and Lucatello, S. and Gal-Yam, A.}},
  booktitle    = {{Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way}},
  issn         = {{2100-014X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{EDP Sciences}},
  title        = {{The chemical evolution of the Galactic Bulge seen through micro-lensing events}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1805959/3216709.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1051/epjconf/20121906002}},
  volume       = {{19}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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