Where does the disk stop and the halo begin? Kinematics in a rotation field

• 1 October 1990
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astronomical Journal
• Vol. 100, 1191-1222
• https://doi.org/10.1086/115587

Abstract

Keywords

• G STARS
• GALACTIC ROTATION
• GIANT STARS
• K STARS
• MILKY WAY GALAXY
• STELLAR MOTIONS
• ABUNDANCE
• ANGULAR VELOCITY
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION