A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Abundance Ratios in Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies




AuthorsŞ Şen, R F Peletier, A Boselli, M den Brok, J Falcón-Barroso, G Hensler, J Janz, E Laurikainen, T Lisker, J J Mentz, S Paudel, H Salo, A Sybilska, E Toloba, G van de Ven, A Vazdekis, C Yesilyaprak

Publication year2018

JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volume475

Issue3

First page 3453

Last page3466

Number of pages14

ISSN0035-8711

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3254

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04953


Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine abundance ratios and star formation histories (SFH) of dwarf ellipticals in the nearby Virgo cluster. We perform a stellar population analysis of 39 dEs and study them using index-index and scaling relations. We find an unusual behaviour where [Na/Fe] is under-abundant w.r.t. solar while [Ca/Fe] is over-abundant.



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