The density distribution of the Galactic stellar halo as traced by blue horizontal branch stars

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 732-738

  Sluis, A P N ^a,b   Arnold, R A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

BLUE STRAGGLERS; DATA SAMPLE; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY:HALO; HORIZONTAL-BRANCH-STARS; POWER-LAW; STARS: HORIZONTAL BRANCH; STELLARS; VARIABLE STARS;

STARS;

EID: 0040897201     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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