RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way

Details RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way

Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aspc..396...63f&link_type=abstract

Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks ASP Conference Series, Vol. 396, Proceedings of the conference held 1-5 October, 2007 at

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

Clues to the early formation of the Milky Way disk are preserved within the detailed stellar abundances of its most metal-poor stars. Only a few metal-poor disk stars with [Fe/H] < -1 have been analyzed for their abundances until now. We have observed a large sample (> 75 stars) of metal-poor disk stars isolated from the catalog of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). While the analysis is ongoing, we have confirmed that a significant metal-poor disk population with an alpha-element enhancement slightly greater than the local stellar halo. This suggests an early and rapid formation for these stars.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and RAVEing about the Metal Poor Disk of the Milky Way will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-772016