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Surveys for Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy: A New Window on the Low-Abundance Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

T.C. Beers
T.C. Beers*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824 USA

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Measurement of the abundances of the light and heavy elements in stars of the Milky Way galaxy is the cornerstone for the study of numerous aspects of chemical evolution in galaxies and the Universe. We stand poised to enter an era of rapid understanding, as new-generation telescopes with apertures in the 8m-10m class enable astronomers to obtain high-resolution, high-signal-to-noise near-UV, optical, and IR spectra of the stars which have locked up the chemical history of our Galaxy in their outer atmospheres. It is thus appropriate to review present surveys for the low-metallicity stars of our Galaxy, as the stars we uncover today will be studied so intensively in the coming decades.

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II. Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part A), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 58 - 61
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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