Magnesium isotope ratios in Milky Way and dwarf galaxy stars

arXiv:2607.14067 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-15 · Read on arXiv

M. McKenzie, S. Monty, D. Yong, C. Kobayashi, A. I. Karakas, P. E. Nissen, J. E. Norris, A. Rains, A. Mura-Guzmán, E. X. Wang, S. Martell

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Submitted: 2026-07-15

Comments: 7 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Published in MNRAS

Journal ref: MNRAS, 534, L35-L41 (2024)

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slae077

Code: https://github.com/madeleine-mckenzie/RAtIO

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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