Galactic halo stars in phase space: A hint of satellite accretion?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Brook, Chris B ^a   Kawata, Daisuke ^a   Gibson, Brad K ^a   Flynn, Chris ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxy: halo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042381901     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374306     Document Type: Article

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