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Stellar abundances tracing the formation of the Galactic Bulge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Beatriz Barbuy
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, IAG, Rua do Matão 1226São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil email: barbuy@astro.iag.usp.br
Manuela Zoccali
Affiliation:
Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile email: mzoccali@astro.puc.cl, dante@astro.puc.cl
Sergio Ortolani
Affiliation:
Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 2, I-35122 Padova, Italy email: sergio.ortolani@unipd.it
Vanessa Hill
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France email: Vanessa.Hill@obspm.fr, anita.gomez@obspm.fr
Alvio Renzini
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy email: alvio.renzini@oapd.inaf.it
Jorge Meléndez
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade de Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal email: jorge@astro.up.pt
Anita Gómez
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France email: Vanessa.Hill@obspm.fr, anita.gomez@obspm.fr
Martin Asplund
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Postfach 1317, 85741 Garching, Germany email: asplund@MPA-Garching.MPG.DE
Dante Minniti
Affiliation:
Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile email: mzoccali@astro.puc.cl, dante@astro.puc.cl
Eduardo Bica
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Astronomia, CP 15051, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil e-mail: bica@if.ufrgs.br
Alan Alves-Brito
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, IAG, Rua do Matão 1226São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil email: barbuy@astro.iag.usp.br
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Abstract

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The metallicity distribution and abundance ratios of the Galactic bulge are reviewed. Issues raised by different groups in recent work, in particular the high metallicity end, a comparison between the oxygen abundances derived from different indicators, the [OI] 630nm and IR OH lines, and the issue of measuring giants vs. dwarfs, are discussed. Finally, abundances in bulge globular clusters are briefly described.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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