Kinematics at the edge of the galactic bulge: Evidence for cylindrical rotation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 702, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Howard, Christian D ^a   Rich, R Michael ^a   Clarkson, Will ^a   Mallery, Ryan ^a   Kormendy, John ^b   De Propris, Roberto ^c   Robin, Annie C ^d   Fux, Roger ^e   Reitzel, David B ^f   Zhao, Hongsheng ^g   Kuijken, Konrad ^h   Koch, Andreas ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^f Griffith Observatory   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Stars: kinematics; Stars: late type; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149150961     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L153     Document Type: Article

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