UV Spectra of extremely metal-poor stars
Piercarlo Bonifacio  1@  
1 : Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation  (GEPI)  -  Website
CNRS : UMR8111, INSU, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7
5, place Jules Janssen 92195 MEUDON CEDEX -  France

Stars with [Fe/H]< -4.5 have very few metallic lines in the optical range. For this reason it is very interesting to be able to observe them in the UV. The majority of these stars are too faint for the capabilities of HST.



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