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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 19, 2012
Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way
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Article Number | 05007 | |
Number of page(s) | 2 | |
Section | Disc Assembly: Chemo-Dynamical Evolution, Radial Mixing | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121905007 | |
Published online | 07 February 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121905007
Chemical analysis of ancient relicts in the Milky Way disk
1 Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, Gostauto 12, 01108 Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
a e-mail: edita.stonkute@tfai.vu.lt
We present detailed analysis of two groups of F- and G- type stars originally found to have similarities in their orbital parameters. The distinct kinematic properties suggest that they might originate from ancient accretion events in the Milky Way. From high resolution spectra taken with the spectrograph FIES at the Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma, we determined abundances of oxygen, alpha- and r-process elements. Our results indicate that the sample of investigated stars is chemically homogeneous and the abundances of oxygen, alpha and r-process elements are overabundant in comparison with Galactic disk dwarfs. This provides the additional evidence that those stellar groups had the common formation and possible origin from disrupted satellites.
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