RR Lyrae in XSTPS: The halo density profile in the north galactic cap

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 788, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Faccioli, L ^a,b   Smith, M C ^a,b,c   Yuan, H B ^a   Zhang, H H ^a   Liu, X W ^a   Zhao, H B ^d   Yao, J S ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure; stars: variables: RR Lyrae; surveys; techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902209706     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/788/2/105     Document Type: Article

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