Outer structure of the Galactic warp and flare: explaining the Canis Major over-density

2006/03/15 by Y. Momany, S. Zaggia, G. Gilmore +4 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054081

published as Astron.Astrophys. 451 (2006) 515-538 · 25 pages, 22 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. A higher resolution pdf file is available at http://wwwuser.oat.ts.astro.it/zaggia/public_html/warp/

arxiv created 2006/03/15 · openalex publication_date 2006/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Aims.In this paper we derive the structure of the Galactic stellar warp and flare.

Citations

• First GLIMPSE Results on the Stellar Structure of the Galaxy
• The ATNF Pulsar Catalogue
• The Ital-FLAMES survey of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy

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