KINEMATICS OF THE STELLAR HALO AND THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF THE MILKY WAY USING BLUE HORIZONTAL BRANCH STARS

@article{Kafle2012KINEMATICSOT,
  title={KINEMATICS OF THE STELLAR HALO AND THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF THE MILKY WAY USING BLUE HORIZONTAL BRANCH STARS},
  author={Prajwal R Kafle and Sanjib Sharma and Geraint F. Lewis and Joss Bland-Hawthorn},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2012},
  volume={761},
  pages={98}
}
Here we present a kinematic study of the Galactic halo out to a radius of ∼ 60 kpc, using 4664 blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars selected from the SDSS/SEGUE survey, to determine key dynamical properties. Using a maximum likelihood analysis, we determine the velocity dispersion profiles in spherical coordinates ( �r, ��, ��) and the anisotropy profile ( �). The radial velocity dispersion profile ( �r) is measured out to a galactocentric radius of r ∼ 60 kpc, but due to the lack of proper… Expand
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