Deciphering the last major invasion of the Milky Way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 574, Issue 1 II, 2002, Pages

  Gilmore, Gerard ^a   Wyse, Rosemary F G ^b,d,e   Norris, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure; Stars: kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042733447     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342363     Document Type: Review

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