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A First Spectroscopic Census of the Dwarf Galaxy Leo P

dc.contributorUKATC/STFC, Edinburgh, UK
dc.contributorUniversity of Michigan, USA; Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany
dc.contributorCentro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
dc.contributorLiverpool John Moores University, UK
dc.contributorLeibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany
dc.contributorOpen University, Milton Keynes, UK
dc.contributorInstitute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
dc.contributorESAC, ESA, Madrid, Spain; IAC, Tenerife, Spain
dc.contributorIAC, Tenerife, Spain; UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh, UK
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dc.contributorArmagh Observatory, UK
dc.contributor.authorEvans, C.
dc.contributor.authorCastro, N.
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, O.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, M.
dc.contributor.authorBastian, N.
dc.contributor.authorCioni, M. -R.
dc.contributor.authorClark, S.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, B.
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, A.
dc.contributor.authorKamann, S.
dc.contributor.authorLennon, D.
dc.contributor.authorPatrick, L.
dc.contributor.authorVink, J. S.
dc.contributor.authorWeisz, D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-21T11:03:56Z
dc.date.available2024-02-21T11:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier.doi10.18727/0722-6691/5109
dc.identifier.other10.18727/0722-6691/5109
dc.identifier.other2018Msngr.174...24E
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14302/1959
dc.description.abstractA longstanding quest in studies of luminous, massive stars has been to understand the role of environment on their evolution. The abundance of metals in their atmospheres has a significant impact on their physical properties, strongly influencing the feedback they have on their surroundings and the nature of their explosive deaths. To date we have been unable to study massive stars with metallicities below 10% that of the Sun. The low oxygen abundance (3% solar) and relative proximity ( 1.6 Mpc) of Leo P, a low-luminosity dwarf galaxy discovered in 2013, provides a tantalising opportunity to investigate massive stars with near-primordial compositions. Here we introduce observations of Leo P with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the VLT, which have revealed its spectroscopic content for the first time.
dc.publisherThe Messenger
dc.titleA First Spectroscopic Census of the Dwarf Galaxy Leo P
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journalMsngr
dc.source.journalMsngr.174
dc.source.volume174
refterms.dateFOA2024-02-21T11:03:56Z
dc.identifier.bibcode2018Msngr.174...24E


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