Exploring halo substructure with giant stars. III. First results from the Grid Giant Star Survey and discovery of a possible nearby sagittarius tidal structure in virgo

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 576, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Kundu, A ^a   Majewski, S R ^b,c   Rhee, J ^b   Rocha Pinto, H J ^b   Polak, A A ^b   Slesnick, C L ^b   Kunkel, W E ^d   Johnston, K V ^e   Patterson, R J ^b   Geisler, D ^f   Gieren, W ^f   Seguel, J ^f   Smith, V V ^g   Palma, C ^h   Arenas, J ^f   Crane, J D ^b   Hummels, C B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^d LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: halo; Stars: general; Stars: kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041407289     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343728     Document Type: Article

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