Dynamics of dwarf-spheroidals and the dark matter halo of the galaxy

New Astronomy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-521

  Cowsik, R ^a,b   Ratnam, Charu ^b   Bhattacharjee, Pijushpani ^b,c   Majumdar, Subhabrata ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dwarf spheroidals; Galaxy: dark matter; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: rotation curve

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; ORBITS; SATELLITES; TIDES;

DWARF-SPHEROIDALS; GALAXY: DARK MATTER; GALAXY: HALO; GALAXY: ROTATION CURVE;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 34247474871     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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