A rigorous reanalysis of the IRAS variable population: Scale lengths asymmetries, and microlensing

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 487, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 885-895

  Nikolaev, M Sergei ^a   Weinberg, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; Infrared: stars; Methods: statistical; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944445225     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304639     Document Type: Article

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