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12 - Abundance surveys of metal-rich bulge stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2009

By
J. P. Fulbright ,
R. M. Rich  and
A. McWilliam
Edited by
Garik Israelian  and
Georges Meynet
J. P. Fulbright
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
R. M. Rich
Affiliation:
Division of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA
A. McWilliam
Affiliation:
Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Garik Israelian
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
Georges Meynet
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory
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We present the results from optical high-resolution spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way bulge. The bulge is observed to have stars with [Fe/H] values up to at least +0.5 and [Mg/H] values up to at least +0.8. Age information from color–magnitude diagrams suggests these stars formed at nearly the same time as old metal-rich globular clusters, and the abundance ratios imply that the chemical evolution of the bulge was dominated by Type-ii supernovae, including progenitors at least as metal-rich as those seen in the local disk today.

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The Metal-Rich Universe , pp. 100 - 111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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  • Abundance surveys of metal-rich bulge stars
    • By J. P. Fulbright, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA, R. M. Rich, Division of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA, A. McWilliam, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
  • Edited by Garik Israelian, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Georges Meynet
  • Book: The Metal-Rich Universe
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536267.013
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  • Abundance surveys of metal-rich bulge stars
    • By J. P. Fulbright, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA, R. M. Rich, Division of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA, A. McWilliam, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
  • Edited by Garik Israelian, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Georges Meynet
  • Book: The Metal-Rich Universe
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536267.013
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  • Abundance surveys of metal-rich bulge stars
    • By J. P. Fulbright, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA, R. M. Rich, Division of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA, A. McWilliam, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
  • Edited by Garik Israelian, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Georges Meynet
  • Book: The Metal-Rich Universe
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536267.013
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