ARGOS - IV. The kinematics of the Milky Way bulge

Date

2013

Authors

Ness, Melissa
Freeman, Kenneth
Athanassoula, E
Wylie de Boer, Elizabeth
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Asplund, Martin
Lewis, Geraint Francis
Yong, David
Lane, R R
Kiss, L L

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We present the kinematic results from our ARGOS spectroscopic survey of the Galactic bulge of the Milky Way. Our aim is to understand the formation of the Galactic bulge. We examine the kinematics of about 17 400 stars in the bulge located within 3.5 kpc

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Keywords

Keywords: Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: centre; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics

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Source

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal article

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Open Access

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