Probing the stellar halo of the milky way with the SEKBO RR Lyrae survey
Date
2012
Authors
Akhter, Shaila
Da Costa, Gary
Keller, Stefan
Schmidt, Brian
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Abstract
We investigate the steepening of the power-law slope beyond the Galactocentric radius of R ∼ 45kpc in the RR Lyrae (RRL) space density distribution found by Keller et al. They identified 2016 RRL candidates derived from the analysis of archival observat
Description
Keywords
Keywords: Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; stars: Population II; stars: variables: RR Lyrae
Citation
Collections
Source
Astrophysical Journal, The
Type
Journal article
Book Title
Entity type
Access Statement
Open Access
License Rights
Restricted until
Downloads
File
Description