Stellar population studies with SDSS. I. The vertical distribution of stars in the milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 553, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 184-197

  Chen, Bing ^a   Stoughton, Chris ^b   Smith, J Allyn ^c,d   Uomoto, Alan ^a   Pier, Jeffrey R ^e   Yanny, Brian ^c   Ivezić, Željko ^f   York, Donald G ^g   Anderson, John E ^b   Annis, James ^b   Brinkmann, Jon ^h   Csabai, István ^a,i   Fukugita, Masataka ^j   Hindsley, Robert ^k   Lupton, Robert ^f   Munn, Jeffrey A ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: Stellar content; Galaxy: Structure

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EID: 0035918672     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320647     Document Type: Article

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