VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy of red giant branch stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

B. Lemasle, Thomas de Boer, V. Hill, Eline Tolstoy, M. J. Irwin, P. Jablonka, Kim A. Venn, G. Battaglia, Else Starkenburg, Matthew Shetrone,

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 98 citations · 169 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

Abstract

Context. Fornax is one of the most massive dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group. The Fornax field star population is dominated by intermediate age stars but star formation was going on over almost its entire history. It has been proposed that Fornax experienced a minor merger event.

References

169