Selection of metal-poor giant stars using the sloan digital sky survey photometric system

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 586, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Helmi, Amina ^a,b   Ivezić, Željko ^c   Prada, Francisco ^d,e   Pentericci, Laura ^d   Rockosi, Constance M ^f   Schneider, Donald P ^g   Grebel, Eva K ^d   Harbeck, Daniel ^d   Lupton, Robert H ^b   Gunn, James E ^b   Knapp, Gillian R ^b   Strauss, Michael A ^b   Brinkmann, Jonathan ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^e CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO HISPANO ALEMÁN   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: general; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: Population II; Surveys; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041633596     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367536     Document Type: Article

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