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The Nature of the Metal-Rich Thick Disk

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Author

Editor

  • Antonella Vallenari
  • et al.

Summary, in English

We have traced the Galactic thick disk to its, to date, highest metallicities. Based on high-resolution spectroscopic observations of 187 F and G dwarf stars that kinematically can be associated either with the thin disk (60 stars) or with the thick disk (127 stars), we find that the thick disk stars reach at least solar metallicities, and maybe even higher. This finding is independent of the U_LSR, V_LSR and W_LSR velocities of the stars.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

181-186

Publication/Series

ASP Conference Proceedings

Volume

374

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Conference name

From stars to galaxies: Building the pieces to build up the universe

Conference date

2006-10-16 - 2006-10-20

Conference place

Venice, Italy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-58381-309-6