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J/A+A/275/101  The chemical evolution of the galactic disk I. (Edvardsson 1993)
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The chemical evolution of the galactic disk I. Analysis and results
      Edvardsson B., Andersen J., Gustafsson B., Lambert D.L., Nissen P.E.,
      Tomkin J.
      <Astron. Astrophys. 275, 101 (1993)>
      =1993A&A...275..101E
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ADC_Keywords: Abundances ; Equivalent widths ; Stars, ages
Keywords: Galaxy: evolution - Galaxy: structure -
          Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
          Stars: abundances - Stars: atmospheres - Stars: fundamental parameters

Description:
    From high resolution, high S/N spectroscopic observations of carefully
    selected northern and southern stars, abundances of O, Na, Mg, Al, Si,
    Ca, Ti, Fe,  Ni, Y, Zr,  Ba and Nd,  as well as  photometric ages, are
    derived for 189 nearby field F and G stars.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table8.dat      44         86    Atomic line data and solar equivalent
                                  widths
stars.dat      180        189    Fundamental data and chemical abundances
                                  of 14 species for the programme stars
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See also:
     J/A+AS/102/603 : Chemical evolution of galactic disk II. (Edvardsson+ 1993)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table8.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  5  A5     ---     Element  Line identification: chemical element and
                                    ionization stage
   7- 13  F7.2   0.1nm   Lambda   Wavelength (Angstroms)
  15- 19  F5.2   eV      E        Line excitation energy
  21- 25  F5.2   ---     log.gf   Log gf (oscillator strength)
  27- 29  F3.1   ---     Factor   Enhancement factor to the
                                    "classical van der Waals damping Gamma_6"
  31- 36  E6.1   Hz      Damping  Radiation damping constant
  38- 42  F5.1   0.1pm   W        Solar flux spectrum equivalent width
                                    (milliAngstrom). (1)
      44  A1     ---     Source   for Solar equivalent width:
                                    E=ESO spectrum,
                                    M=McDonald spectrum
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Note (1): the measured equivalent widths were corrected for 1%
          scattered light by multiplication by the factor 1.01 as
          described in Sect.2 of Paper (1993A&AS..102..603E)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: stars.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  9  A9     ---     Name     Star catalogue, HR or HD
  11- 14  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  16- 19  F4.2   cm/s2   log.g    Logarithmic surface gravity
  21- 25  F5.2   ---     [Me/H]   overall photometric metallicity derived for
                                    the stars, normalized on the Sun
                                    ([Me/H] values closer to the resulting
                                    [Fe/H] values were used for the models
                                    of 15 stars, cf. Sect.3.1.1.
                                    [Me/H] values for these 15 are given with
                                    a colon corresponding to parantheses in
                                    the printed version)
      26  A1     ---     u_[Me/H] Uncertainty flag (:) on Me/H
                                    (Note: values are within parantheses in
                                     the printed version)
  27- 32  F6.2   ---     [Fe/H]   resulting spectroscopic iron abundance
                                    (derived from lines of Fe I),
                                    normalized to the Sun
  34- 38  F5.1   pc      R        Heliocentric distance
  40- 45  F6.1   km/s    U        Heliocentric velocity (U is positive towards
                                    the galactic anti-centre),
  47- 52  F6.1   km/s    V        Heliocentric velocity (V is positive in the
                                    direction of circular motion)
  54- 59  F6.1   km/s    W        Heliocentric velocity (W is positive towards
                                    the galactic north pole)
  61- 65  F5.2   kpc     Rp       Perigalactic distance
  67- 71  F5.2   kpc     Rm       Straight mean of the perigalactic and the
                                    apogalactic distances
  73- 76  F4.2   kpc     Zmax     Maximum distance from the galactic plane
  78- 81  F4.2   ---     e        Orbital eccentricity as projected on the
                                    galactic plane
  83- 86  F4.2   Ga      log.age  Logarithm of the stellar age (in Gigayears)
                                    determined from isochrones
                                  NOTE that this parameter is missing
                                     for 7 stars
  88- 90  A3     ---     Rem      Remarks:
                                  SB  = spectroscopic binaries (with possibly
                                        uncertain distances),
                                  pm  = stars with uncertainties in proper
                                        motions significantly
                                        above 0.005 arcsecs per year
                                  h   = possible hook stars (for which the ages
                                        may be underestimated by 0.15 dex).
  92- 96  F5.2   ---     [FeI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
  98-102  F5.2   ---     [OI/H]   Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 104-108  F5.2   ---     [NaI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 110-114  F5.2   ---     [MgI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 116-120  F5.2   ---     [AlI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 122-126  F5.2   ---     [SiI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 128-132  F5.2   ---     [CaI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 134-138  F5.2   ---     [TiI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 140-144  F5.2   ---     [FeII/H] Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 146-150  F5.2   ---     [NiI/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 152-156  F5.2   ---     [YII/H]  Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 158-162  F5.2   ---     [ZrII/H] Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 164-168  F5.2   ---     [BaII/H] Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 170-174  F5.2   ---     [NdII/H] Chemical abundance (normalized to the Sun)
 176-180  F5.2   ---    [alpha/H] = 0.25([Mg/H] + [Si/H] + [Ca/H] + [Ti/H])
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(End)                                                        [CDS]   18-May-1993

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