A short scale length for the α-enhanced thick disk of the Milky Way: Evidence from low-latitude SEGUE data
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2012
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Cheng, Judy Y
Rockosi, Constance
Morrison, Heather
Lee, Young Sun
Beers, Timothy C
Bizyaev, Dmitry
Harding, Paul
Malanushenko, Elena
Malanushenko, Viktor
Oravetz, Daniel
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IOP Publishing
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We examine the α-element abundance ratio, [α/Fe], of 5620 stars, observed by the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration survey in the region 6kpc<R < 16kpc, 0.15kpc<|Z| < 1.5kpc, as a function of Galactocentric radius R and distance
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Astrophysical Journal, The
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