Insights from super-metal-rich stars: Is the Milky Way bar young?

Context. Bar formation and merger events can contribute to the rearrangement of stars within the Galaxy in addition to triggering star formation (SF) epochs. Super-metal-rich (SMR) stars found in the solar neighbourhood (SNd) can be used as tracers of such events as they are expected to originate on...

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Hauptverfasser: Nepal, Samir (VerfasserIn) , Chiappini, C. (VerfasserIn) , Guiglion, Guillaume (VerfasserIn) , Steinmetz, M. (VerfasserIn) , Pérez-Villegas, A. (VerfasserIn) , Queiroz, A. B. (VerfasserIn) , Miglio, A. (VerfasserIn) , Dohme, P. (VerfasserIn) , Khalatyan, A. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Editorial
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: January 2024
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 681, Pages: 1-10
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202348365
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348365
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2024/01/aa48365-23/aa48365-23.html
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Verfasserangaben:S. Nepal, C. Chiappini, G. Guiglion, M. Steinmetz, A. Pérez-Villegas, A.B. Queiroz, A. Miglio, P. Dohme, and A. Khalatyan

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