The Dual Origin of Stellar Halos. II. Chemical Abundances as Tracers of Formation History

Authors

• Adi Zolotov
• Beth Willman, Haverford College
• Alyson M. Brooks
• Fabio Governato

Document Type

Journal Article

Role

Author

Published In

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

721

Issue

1

First Page

738

Last Page

743

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

This paper is a computational study of the formation of the stellar halos of Milky Way-massed galaxies, and the fingerprint of the formation history imprinted on the chemical abundances of those stars. --author-supplied description

Suggested Citation

Zolotov, A., Willman, B., Brooks, A. M., Governato, F., Brook, C. B., Hogg, D. W., Quinn, T., & Stinson, G. 2009, The Dual Origin of Stellar Halos, ApJ, 702, 1058