The Milky Way's circular velocity curve to 60 kpc and an estimate of the dark matter halo mass from the kinematics of ∼2400 SDSS blue horizontal-branch stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 684, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1143-1158

  Xue, X X ^a,b,c   Rix, H W ^b   Zhao, G ^a   Re Fiorentin, P ^b,d   Naab, T ^e   Steinmetz, M ^f   Van Den Bosch, F C ^b   Beers, T C ^g   Lee, Y S ^g   Bell, E F ^b   Rockosi, C ^h   Yanny, B ⁱ   Newberg, H ^j   Wilhelm, R ^k   Kang, X ^b   Smith, M C ^l   Schneider, D P ^m  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

ⁱ FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^j RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxies: individual (Milky Way); Galaxy: halo; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049115426     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589500     Document Type: Article

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