Is the dark matter halo of the Milky Way flattened?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-169

  Ruzicka A ^a,b   Palous J ^a   Theis, C ^c  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds; Galaxy: halo; Methods: N body simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; GALAXY: HALO; METHODS: N-BODY SIMULATIONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33846339660     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065538     Document Type: Article

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