Further evidence of a merger origin for the thick disk: Galactic stars along lines of sight to dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 639, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Wyse, Rosemary F G ^a   Gilmore, Gerard ^b   Norris, John E ^c   Wilkinson, M I ^b   Kleyna, Jan T ^d   Koch, A ^e   Evans, N W ^b   Grebel, E K ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645006943     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501228     Document Type: Article

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