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Enhancement of alpha-Elements in Dynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies

R. Tantalo, C. Chiosi

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0203363

Abstract

In this paper we present a quantitative analysis of the chemical abundances in "monolithic" N-body-Tree-SPH models of elliptical galaxies to determine whether the ratio [alpha/Fe] increases with the galaxy mass as suggested by observational data.

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