Chemo-dynamical substructure of the Galactic halo
Abstract
Deep recent surveys have considerably improved our picture of the outer Galactic halo by unveiling a complex level of substructuring in the form of streams, stellar clouds and debris systems. Here I discuss some of the recent findings and present their general properties.
- Publication:
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Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planets
- Pub Date:
- March 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..265..255R
- Keywords:
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- Galaxy: Halo;
- Galactic structure;
- tidal streams