Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giant stars

2008/04/25 by J. Melendez, J. Meléndez, M. Asplund +14 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Biology #Bulge #Context (archaeology) #Galaxy #Halo #Milky Way #Paleontology #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Thick disk #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809398

Accepted for publication in A&A, 5 pages

arxiv created 2008/04/25 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The evolution of the Milky Way bulge and its relationship with the other Galactic populations is still poorly understood. The bulge has been suggested to be either a merger-driven classical bulge or the product of a dynamical instability of the inner disk.

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