Searching for ghosts in the galactic halo: What can we learn about the formation of the galaxy from the stellar halo?

Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 51-54

  Aguilar, L A ^a   Brown, A G A ^b   Velazquez H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: interactions; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: structure; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049086015     PISSN: 14052059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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