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Authordc.contributor.authorCarrera, Ricardo 
Authordc.contributor.authorGallart, Carme es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorAparicio, Antonio es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorCosta Hechenleitner, Edgardo es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorMéndez Bussard, René Alejandro es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorNoel, Noelia E. D. es_CL
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2010-01-12T19:26:02Z
Available datedc.date.available2010-01-12T19:26:02Z
Publication datedc.date.issued2008-09
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL Volume: 136 Issue: 3 Pages: 1039-1048 Published: SEP 2008en_US
Identifierdc.identifier.issn0004-6256
Identifierdc.identifier.other10.1088/0004-6256/136/3/1039
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/125092
Abstractdc.description.abstractWe present stellar metallicities derived from Ca II triplet spectroscopy in over 350 red giant branch stars in 13 fields distributed in different positions in the Small Magellanic Cloud, ranging from similar to 1 degrees to similar to 4 degrees from its center. In the innermost fields, the average metallicity is [Fe/H]similar to -1. This value decreases when we move away toward outermost regions. This is the first detection of a spectroscopic metallicity gradient in this galaxy. We show that the metallicity gradient is related to an age gradient, in the sense that more metal-rich stars, which are also younger, are concentrated in the central regions of the galaxy.en_US
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Publisherdc.publisherIOP PUBLISHINGen_US
Keywordsdc.subjectSTAR-FORMATION HISTORYen_US
Títulodc.titleThe chemical enrichment history of the small magellanic cloud and its gradientsen_US
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revista


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