Probing the shape of the Galactic halo with hypervelocity stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 634, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 344-350

  Gnedin, Oleg Y ^a   Gould, Andrew ^a   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^a   Zentner, Andrew R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: theory; Dark matter; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: halos; Galaxy: halo

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144480613     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/496958     Document Type: Article

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