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EAS Publications Series
Volume 48, 2011
CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 73 - 75 | |
| Section | Star Formation History and Chemical Enrichment | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148016 | |
| Published online | 11 July 2011 | |
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 73–75
Flames High Resolution Spectroscopy of RGB Stars in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
1 Kapteyn Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherland
2 Laboratoire Cassiopée UMR 6202, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, OCA, France
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, V8P 1A1, Canada
Carina is a small and faint classical dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the halo of the Milky Way with a highly episodic star formation history (e.g., Hurley-Keller et al. 1998). Using VLT/FLAMES in high resolution mode, we significantly increase the sample of stars with abundance determinations in Carina, adding to earlier work with UVES. Here we present our preliminary abundances for Fe, Mg, Ca and Ba in 23 red giant branch stars in the centre of Carina.
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