The Metallicity Distribution of the Milky Way's Stellar Halo

Allende Prieto, Carlos
Bibliographical reference

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #148.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.1001

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2007
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Description
SDSS DR6 includes about 300,000 stellar spectra, and a significant fraction of them belong to members of the halo. We make use of these data to examine closely the shape of the halo metallicity distribution. Does it have a single peak? Is it bimodal? Does it offer any clues on its formation and evolution?