A minor-axis surface brightness profile for M31

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Irwin, Mike J ^a   Ferguson, Annette M N ^b   Ibata, Rodrigo A ^c   Lewis, Geraint F ^d   Tanvir, Nial R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: individual (M31); Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxies: structure; Local Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144443140     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432718     Document Type: Article

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