A new stellar chemo-kinematic relation reveals the merger history of the milky way disk
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Minchev, I; Chiappini, C; Martig, M; Steinmetz, M.; de Jong, R. S.; Boeche, C; Scannapieco, C; Zwitter, T; Wyse, Rosemary F G; Freeman, Kenneth; Binney, J.; Navarro, J F
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The velocity dispersions of stars near the Sun are known to increase with stellar age, but age can be difficult to determine, so a proxy like the abundance of α elements (e.g., Mg) with respect to iron, [α/Fe], is used. Here we report an unexpected beha
| Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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| Date published: | 2014 |
| Type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77391 |
| Source: | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| DOI: | 10.1088/2041-8205/781/1/L20 |
| Access Rights: | Open Access |
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