The peculiar colours of the halo light in the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC5907

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6629, 1997, Pages 159-161

  Rudy, Richard J ^a   Woodward, Charles E ^b   Hodge, Tracy ^b   Fairfield, Stephen W ^b   Harker, David E ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030940188     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387159a0     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Ashman, K. M. Dark matter in galaxies. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacif. 106, 1109-1138 (1992).
2. Morrison, H. L., Boroson, T. A. & Harding, P. Stellar populations in edge-on galaxies from deep CCD surface photometry. Astron. J. 108, 1191-1207 (1994).
3. Sackett, P. D., Morrison, H. L., Harding, P. & Boroson, T. A. A faint luminous halo that may trace the dark matter around the spiral galaxy NGC5907. Nature 370, 441-443 (1994).
4. James, P. & Casali, M. M. Near-infrared emission from a spiral galaxy halo. Spectrum 14-16 (March 1995).
5. Lequex, J., Fort, B., Dantel-Fort, M., Cuillandre, J.-C. & Mellier, Y. V and I band observations of the halo of NGC5907. Astron. Astrophys. 312, L1-L4 (1996).
6. Elias, J. H., Frogel, J. A., Matthews, K. & Neugebauer, G. Infrared standard stars. Astron. J. 87, 1029-1034 (1982).
7. Casali, M. M. & James, P. A deep near-infrared search for halo emission from an edge-on spiral galaxy. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 274, 265-270 (1995).
8. Skrutskie, M. F., Shure, M. A. & Beckwith, S. Faint photometry of edge-on spiral galaxies: a search for massive halos. Astrophys. J. 299, 303-311 (1985).
9. Terndrup, D. M. et al. Infrared imaging of spiral galaxies: colors and luminosity profiles. Astrophys. J. 432, 518-546 (1994).
10. Frogel, J. A. The stellar content of the nuclei of late-type spiral galaxies. Astrophys. J. 298, 528-543 (1985).
11. Buzzoni, A. Evolutionary population synthesis in stellar systems. II. Early-type galaxies. Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 98, 69-101 (1995).
12. Koorneef, J. Near-infrared photometry. Astron. Astrophys. 128, 84-93 (1983).
13. Kirkpatrick, J. D. & McCarthy, D. W. Low mass companions to nearby stars: spectral classification and its relation to the stellar/substellar break. Astron. J. 107, 333-343 (1994).
14. Lequeux, J., Dantel-Fort, M. & Fort, B. The bulge and the warp of NGC 7814: stars, gas, and dust. Astron. Astrophys. 296, L13-L16 (1995).
15. Buzzoni, A. Evolutionary population synthesis in stellar systems. I. A global approach. Astrophys. J. (Suppl. Ser.) 71, 817-870 (1989).
16. Baraffe, I. & Chabrier, G. Mass-spectral class relationship for M dwarfs. Astrophys. J. 461, L51-L54 (1996)
17. Baraffe, I. et al. New evolutionary tracks for very low mass stars. Astrophys. J. 446, L35-L38 (1995).
18. Elson, R. A. W. et al. HST observation of the stellar population of the globular cluster ω Cent. Astron. J. 110, 682-692 (1994).
19. Mould, J. R. et al. Low mass stars in an outer field of NGC 6397. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacif. 108, 682-687 219 (1995).
20. De Marchi, G. & Parsce, F. Low mass stars in globular cluster II. The mass function of M 15; Low mass stars in globular cluster III. The mass function of 47 Tucanae. Astron. Astrophys. 304, 202-210; 211-219 (1995).
21. Paresce, F., De Marchi, G. & Romanielio, M. Very low mass stars and white dwarfs in NGC 6397. Astrophys. J. 440, 216-226 (1995).
22. Cool, A. M., Piotto, G. & King, I. R. The main sequence and a white dwarf sequence in the globular cluster NGC 6397. Astrophys. J. 468, 655-662 (1996).
23. Hu, E. M., Huang, J.-S., Gilmore, G. & Cowie, L. L. An upper limit on the density of low-mass stars in the galactic halo. Nature 371, 493-495 (1994).
24. Bahcall, J. N., Flynn, C., Gould, A. & Kirhakos, S. M dwarfs, microlensing, and the mass budget of the Galaxy. Astrophys. J. 435, L51-L54 (1994).
25. Graff, D. S. & Freese, K. The mass function of low-mass halo stars: limits on baryonic halo dark matter. Astrophys. J. 467, L65-L68 (1996).
26. Flynn, C., Gould, A. & Bahcall, J. N. Hubble deep field constraints on baryonic dark matter. Astrophys. J. 466, L55-L58 (1996).
27. Frogel, J. A., Persson, S. E., Aaronson, M. & Matthews, K. Photometric studies of composite systems. I. CO and JHK observations of E and S0 galaxies. Astrophys. J. 220, 75-97 (1978).
28. Barnaby, D. & Thronson, H. A. The distribution of light in galaxies: the edge-on spiral NGC 5907. Astron. J. 103, 41-53 (1992); Dark matter around galaxies: the edge-on spiral NGC 5907. Astron. J. 107, 1717-1729 (1994).
29. Barnaby, D. & Thronson, H. A. The distribution of light in galaxies: the edge-on spiral NGC 5907. Astron. J. 103, 41-53 (1992); Dark matter around galaxies: the edge-on spiral NGC 5907. Astron. J. 107, 1717-1729 (1994).
30. Alcaino, G., Liller, W. & Alvarado, F. BVRI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 3201. Astron. Astrophys. 216, 68-79 (1989).
31. Alcaino, G. et al. BVRI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 1904 (M79). Astron. J. 107, 230-239 (1994).
32. Sarajedini, A. & Milone, A. A. CCD photometry of NGC 5053: the most metal-poor galactic globular cluster. Astron. J. 109, 269-279 (1994).
33. Samus, N. et al. A CCD BVRI colour-magnitude study of the globular cluster NGC 5286. Astron Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 112, 439-444 (1995).
34. Ferraro, F. R. et al. Deep infrared array photometry of galactic globular clusters: the main sequence of NGC 6171. Astron. Astrophys. 298, 461-464 (1995).
35. Saumon, D., Bergeron, P., Lunine, J. I., Hubbard, W. B. & Burrows, A. Cool zero metallicity stellar atmospheres. Astrophys. J. 424, 333-344 (1994).
36. Reed, B. C., Hesser, J. E. & Shawl, S. J. Intrinsic integrated UBVRI colors of galactic globular clusters. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacif. 100, 548-567 (1988).
37. Bruzual, G. & Charlot, S. Spectral evolution of stellar populations using isochrone synthesis. Astrophys. J. 405, 538-553 (1993).