Evidence for the hierarchical formation of the Galactic spheroid

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 533, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 869-883

  Côté, Patrick ^a   Marzke, Ronald O ^b   West, Michael J ^c,d   Minniti, Dante ^e,f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034689753     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308709     Document Type: Article

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