The asymmetric structure of the Galactic halo

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 368, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1811-1821

  Xu, Y ^a,b   Deng, L C ^a   Hu, J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES;

ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; DATA RELEASE; GALACTIC HALO; GALACTIC LATITUDE; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY:HALO; STARS: STATISTICS; STELLARS; SURFACE DENSITY;

STARS;

EID: 33744544506     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10242.x     Document Type: Article

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