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EAS Publications Series
Volume 57, 2012
Low-Mass Stars and the Transition Stars/Brown Dwarfs - Evry Schatzman School on Stellar Physics XXIII
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| Page(s) | 193 - 207 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1257006 | |
| Published online | 30 November 2012 | |
Low-Mass Stars and the Transition Stars/Brown Dwarfs - EES2011
C. Reylé, C. Charbonnel and M. Schultheis (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 57 (2012) 193-207
C. Reylé, C. Charbonnel and M. Schultheis (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 57 (2012) 193-207
Metallicity
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de
Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) UMR 5274,
38041
Grenoble,
France
The metallicity measures the fraction of the star that is made of elements heavier than helium. It is intimately related to the stellar structure and composition and thus plays an important role in a broad range of astrophysical cases, from stellar populations to planet formation. This chapter aims to review the recent observational efforts to measure the metallicity of M dwarfs and to screen few astrophysical cases which have benefited from quantitative metallicity analysis.
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