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A short scale length for the α-enhanced thick disk of the Milky Way: Evidence from low-latitude SEGUE data

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2012

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Cheng, Judy Y
Rockosi, Constance
Morrison, Heather
Lee, Young Sun
Beers, Timothy C
Bizyaev, Dmitry
Harding, Paul
Malanushenko, Elena
Malanushenko, Viktor
Oravetz, Daniel

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IOP Publishing

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We examine the α-element abundance ratio, [α/Fe], of 5620 stars, observed by the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration survey in the region 6kpc<R < 16kpc, 0.15kpc<|Z| < 1.5kpc, as a function of Galactocentric radius R and distance

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78107

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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10.1088/0004-637X/752/1/51

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2037-12-31

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