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The Metallicity Distribution Function of Halo Dwarfs and Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

J. B. Laird ,
M. P. Rupin ,
B. W. Carney ,
D. W. Latham  and
R. L. Kurucz
J. B. Laird
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
M. P. Rupin
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
B. W. Carney
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
D. W. Latham
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
R. L. Kurucz
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Abstract

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Metallicities have been determined for a chemically unbiased sample of field halo dwarf stars. Their metallicity distribution function is similar to the predictions of a simple model of chemical evolution, but somewhat different from that of globular clusters.

Type
Chapter VII. Poster Papers on Harlow Shapley and Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 126: The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies , 1988 , pp. 517 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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