The Milky Way's external disc constrained by 2MASS star counts

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 819-826

  Reyle C ^a   Marshall, D J ^b   Robin, A C ^a   Schultheis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxie: structure; Galaxy: disk; Surveys

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DUST; GALAXIES; STARS; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALL-SKY SURVEYS; CUTOFF RADIUS; GALACTIC PLANES; GALAXIE: STRUCTURE; GALAXY: DISK; MASS DATUM; MASS STARS; MILKY WAYS; NEAR INFRA REDS; S-SHAPED; SCALE LENGTHS; SIMPLE MODELS; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

WEAVING;

EID: 61949254222     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811341     Document Type: Article

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