Great circle tidal streams: Evidence for a nearly spherical massive dark halo around the milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 551, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 294-311

  Ibata, Rodrigo ^a   Lewis, Geraint F ^b,c,d   Irwin, Michael ^e   Totten, Edward ^f   Quinn, Thomas ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: Formation; Galaxy: Halo; Galaxy: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: Structure; Local group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035836883     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320060     Document Type: Article

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