We study the properties of the central spheroids located within 10 kpc of the centre of mass of MilkyWay mass-sized galaxies simulated in a cosmological context. The simulated central regions are dominated by stars older than 10 Gyr, mostly formed in situ, with a contribution of ~30 per cent from...
Tissera, P.B.
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Machado, R.E.G.
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Carollo, D.
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Minniti, D.
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Beers, T.C.
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Zoccali, M.
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Meza, A.
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[The central spheroids of Milky Way mass-sized galaxies]
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The central spheroids of Milky Way mass-sized galaxies
We find two chemically distinct populations separated relatively cleanly in the [Fe/H]-[Mg/Fe] plane, but also distinguished in other chemical planes, among metal-poor stars (primarily with metallicities [Fe H] < -0.9) observed by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE...
Hayes, C.R.
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Majewski, S.R.
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Shetrone, M.
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Fernández-Alvar, E.
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Prieto, C.A.
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Schuster, W.J.
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Carigi, L.
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Cunha, K.
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Smith, V.V.
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Sobeck, J.
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Almeida, A.
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Beers, T.C.
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Carrera, R.
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Fernández-Trincado, J.G.
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García-Hernández, D.A.
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Geisler, D.
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Lane, R.R.
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Lucatello, S.
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Matthews, A.M.
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Minniti, D.
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Nitschelm, C.
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Tang, B.
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Tissera, P.B.
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Zamora, O.
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[Disentangling the Galactic Halo with APOGEE. I. Chemical and Kinematical Investigation of Distinct Metal-poor Populations]
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Disentangling the Galactic Halo with APOGEE. I. Chemical and Kinematical Investigation of Distinct Metal-poor Populations
The formation processes that led to the current Galactic stellar halo are still under debate. Previous studies have provided evidence for different stellar populations in terms of elemental abundances and kinematics, pointing to different chemical and star formation histories (SFHs). In the prese...
Fernández-Alvar, E.
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Carigi, L.
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Schuster, W.J.
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Hayes, C.R.
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Ávila-Vergara, N.
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Majewski, S.R.
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Allende Prieto, C.
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Beers, T.C.
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Sánchez, S.F.
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Zamora, O.
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García-Hernández, D.A.
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Tang, B.
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Fernández-Trincado, J.G.
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Tissera, P.
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Geisler, D.
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Villanova, S.
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[Disentangling the Galactic Halo with APOGEE. II. Chemical and Star Formation Histories for the Two Distinct Populations]
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Disentangling the Galactic Halo with APOGEE. II. Chemical and Star Formation Histories for the Two Distinct Populations