Oxygen, sodium, magnesium, and aluminium as tracers of the galactic bulge formation

2006/10/12 by A. Lecureur, V. Hill, M. Zoccali +6 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Aluminium #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Bulge #Magnesium #Materials science #Metallurgy #Oxygen #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066036

36 pages, 7 tables, 14 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2006/10/12 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.This paper investigates the peculiar behaviour of the light even (alpha-elements) and odd atomic number elements in red giants in the galactic bulge, both in terms of the chemical evolution of the bulge, and in terms of possible deep-mixing mechanisms in these evolved stars.

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