Two stellar components in the halo of the Milky Way

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7172, 2007, Pages 1020-1025

  Carollo, Daniela ^a,b,d   Beers, Timothy C ^b   Lee, Young Sun ^b   Chiba, Masashi ^c   Norris, John E ^d   Wilhelm, Ronald ^e   Sivarani, Thirupathi ^b   Marsteller, Brian ^b   Munn, Jeffrey A ^f   Bailer Jones, Coryn A L ^g   Fiorentin, Paola Re ^g,h   York, Donald G ^i,j  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IRON;

ABUNDANCE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; KINEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE;

EID: 37249073072     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06460     Document Type: Article

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