Orbital eccentricity as a probe of thick disc formation scenarios

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sales, Laura V ^a   Helmi, Amina ^a   Abadi, Mario G ^b,c   Brook, Chris B ^d   Gómez, Facundo A ^a   Roškar, Rok ^e   Debattista, Victor P ^c   House, Elisa ^c   Steinmetz, Matthias ^f   Villalobos, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Astronomia Teorica y Experimental   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: disc

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149257500     PISSN: 17453933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00763.x     Document Type: Letter

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