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Blue straggler stars in dwarf spheroidal galaxies [PDF]

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007
Blue straggler star (BSS) candidates have been observed in all old dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs), however whether or not they are authentic BSSs or young stars has been a point of debate. To both address this issue and obtain a better understanding of the formation of BSSs in different environments we have analysed a sample of BSS candidates in two
Mapelli, M., Ripamonti, E., Tolstoy, E., Sigurdsson, S., Irwin, M. J., Battaglia, G.   +5 more
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UGC 7639: A Dwarf Galaxy in the Canes Venatici I Cloud

Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
We want to get insight into the formation mechanism and the evolution of UGC 7639, a dwarf galaxy in the Canes Venatici I Cloud (CVnIC). We used archival multiwavelength data to constrain its global properties. Ultraviolet images show that UGC 7639 inner regions are composed mostly by young stellar populations.
L. M. Buson, D. Bettoni, P. Mazzei, G. Galletta, Duncan Forbes   +4 more
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A Chemical Evolution Model for the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2016
Fornax is the brightest Milky Way (MW) dwarf spheroidal galaxy and its star formation history (SFH) has been derived from observations. We estimate the time evolution of its gas mass and net inflow and outflow rates from the SFH usinga simple star ...
Yuan Zhen, Qian Yong-Zhong, Jing Yi Peng
doaj   +1 more source

Sagittarius: The Nearest Dwarf Galaxy [PDF]

, 1995
We have discovered a new Galactic satellite galaxy in the constellation of Sagittarius. The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy is the nearest galaxy known, subtends an angle of $> 10$ degrees on the sky, lies at a distance of $24 \kpc$ from the Sun, $\sim 16 \kpc$
Gilmore, G., Ibata, Rodrigo, Irwin, M. J.   +2 more
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Globular clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies [PDF]

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 2008
Abstract Traditionally, globular clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies have been distinguished by using one or more of the following criteria: (i) mass, (ii) luminosity, (iii) size, (iv) mass-to-light ratio and (v) spread in metallicity.
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Dynamics of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy [PDF]

Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 1987
The mass to light ratio of the inner parts of the Fornax system is 3.2 ± 1.1. Its major axis rotation is only 3.4 ± 2.4 km s-1 over ± 1 kpc, which argues against its origin as a stripped dwarf irregular.
George Paltoglou, K. C. Freeman
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Chemical and Photometric Evolution Models for Disk, Irregular, and Low Mass Galaxies

Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
We summarize the updated set of multiphase chemical evolution models performed with 44 theoretical radial mass initial distributions and 10 possible values of efficiencies to form molecular clouds and stars. We present the results about the infall rate histories, the formation of the disk, and the evolution of the radial distributions of diffuse and ...
Mercedes Mollá, Jorge Iglesias Páramo
wiley   +1 more source

Homogeneous Photometry VI: Variable Stars in the Leo I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

, 2014
We have characterized the pulsation properties of 164 candidate RR Lyrae variables (RRLs) and 55 candidate Anomalous and/or short-period Cepheids in Leo I dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
Bernard, Edouard J., Bono, Giuseppe, Ferraro, Ivan, Fiorentino, Giuliana, Gallart, Carme, Iannicola, Giacinto, Monelli, Matteo, Stetson, Peter B.   +7 more
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Lambda-Cold Dark Matter, Stellar Feedback, and the Galactic Halo Abundance Pattern [PDF]

, 2005
(Abridged) The hierarchical formation scenario for the stellar halo requires the accretion and disruption of dwarf galaxies, yet low-metallicity halo stars are enriched in alpha-elements compared to similar, low-metallicity stars in dwarf spheroidal ...
Andreea S. Font, Bondi H., Brant Robertson, Devriendt J. E. G., Gratton R. G., Gratton R. G., Gratton R. G., Greggio L., Hill V., Hill V., Hill V., Hill V., James S. Bullock, Jasniewicz G., Kathryn V. Johnston, Lacey C., Lars Hernquist, Matteucci F., Matteucci F., Matteucci F., Moore B., Nissen P. E., Pagel B. E. J., Schaller G., Tinsley B. M., Tinsley B. M., Tsujimoto T., Unavane M.   +27 more
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Chemodynamical Simulations of Dwarf Galaxy Evolution

Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
In this review I give a summary of the state of the art for what concerns the chemo‐dynamical numerical modelling of galaxies in general and of dwarf galaxies in particular. In particular, I focus my attention on (i) initial conditions, (ii) the equations to solve; (iii) the star formation process in galaxies, (iv) the initial mass function, (v) the ...
Simone Recchi, José Manuel Vílchez Medina   +1 more
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