Evidence for a young stellar population in ngc 5018

Feb, 2000
13 pages
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  • Astrophys.J. 534 (2000) 650
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Two absorption line indices, Ca II and Hdelta/FeI4045, measured from high resolution spectra are used with evolutionary synthesis models to verify the presence of a young stellar population in NGC 5018. The derived age of this population is about ~2.8 Gyr with a metallicity roughly solar and it completely dominates the integrated light of the galaxy near 4000 A.