Is Ursa Major II the progenitor of the Orphan Stream?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1171-1179

  Fellhauer, M ^a   Evans, N W ^a   Belokurov, V ^a   Zucker, D B ^a   Yanny, B ^b   Wilkinson, M I ^a   Gilmore, G ^a   Irwin, M J ^a   Bramich, D M ^a   Vidrih, S ^a   Hewett, P ^a   Beers, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual: UMa II; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Methods: N body simulations

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES;

GALACTIC HALO; GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: URSA MAJOR II; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; RADIAL VELOCITY; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SURVEY MAP;

VELOCITY;

EID: 33847307410     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11404.x     Document Type: Article

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