Signatures of star streams in the phase space distribution of nearby halo stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 857-861

  Dettbarn, C ^a   Fuchs, B ^a   Flynn, C ^b,c   Williams, M ^c  

^a ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ORBITS; STARS; SUN;

METALLICITY STARS; NEARBY HALO STARS; PHASE SPACE DISTRIBUTION; STELLAR ORBITS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 36048988045     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077463     Document Type: Article

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