descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 15 Sep 2017Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2017 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 473, pages 1,244-1,257 (issn: 0035-8711, eissn: 1365-2966,

Authors: Yan Xu; Chao Liu; Xiang-Xiang Xue; Heidi Jo Newberg; Jeffrey L. Carlin; Qi-Ran Xia; Li-Cai Deng; +5 Authors

doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2361 , 10.48550/arxiv.1706.08650

arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1706.08650

Mapping the Milky Way with LAMOST – II. The stellar halo

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Abstract

The radial number density and flattening of the Milky Way's stellar halo is measured with $\mathrm{5351}$ metal-poor ([Fe/H]$

16 pages, 24 figures, accepted by MNRAS

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Keywords

Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

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