ARGOS - IV. The kinematics of the Milky Way bulge
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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
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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: Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: centre; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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