On the nature of the ringlike structure in the outer Galactic disk

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 592, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Helmi, Amina ^a   Navarro, Julio F ^b   Meza, Andrés ^b   Steinmetz, Matthias ^c,d   Eke, Vincent R ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042835502     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377364     Document Type: Article

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