The age of the Galactic thin disk from Th/Eu nucleocosmochronology. I. Determination of [Th/Eu] abundance ratios
@article{Peloso2004TheAO, title={The age of the Galactic thin disk from Th/Eu nucleocosmochronology. I. Determination of [Th/Eu] abundance ratios}, author={E. F. del Peloso and L. Pinheiro da Silva and G. F. Porto de Mello Observatorio NacionalMCT and R. D. Janeiro and Brazil. and Observatorio do ValongoUFRJ}, journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics}, year={2004}, volume={434}, pages={275-300} }
The purpose of this work is to resume investigation of Galactic thin disk dating using nucleocosmochronology with Th/Eu stellar abundance ratios, a theme absent from the literature since 1990. A stellar sample of 20 disk dwarfs/subgiants of F5 to G8 spectral types with −0.8 ≤ (Fe/H) ≤ +0.3 was selected. In stars with such spectral types and luminosity classes, spectral synthesis techniques must be employed if we wish to achieve acceptably accurate results. An homogeneous, self-consistent set of…
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